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# mamo

«mamo» in Mova's school dictionary: **how you call your mother in Ukrainian — «Mum!» or «Mom!»…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

interjection (Ukrainian, in Latin letters: «Mamo!»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (Ukrainian) «Mamo» is how you call your mother in Ukrainian — «Mum!» or «Mom!» — the form used when speaking to her (from «mama», mother). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mamo/#m1)

2) It is not an English word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mamo/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In lessons about Ukrainian heard on the street, children hear «Mamo!» when a Ukrainian child calls their mum. To an English ear it sounds like MAH-mo. Ukrainian changes the end of a name or word when you call someone: «mama» becomes «mamo». Common phrases: «Mamo, dyvys!» (Mum, look!), «Mamo, ya tut» (Mum, I'm here).

### examples

- «Mamo!» shouted the little boy at the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mamo/#x1)
- In Ukrainian, a child calls «Mamo!» to their mum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mamo/#x2)
- Our new classmate from Kyiv says «mamo» when she rings her mum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mamo/#x3)
- «Mamo, dyvys!» means «Mum, look!» in Ukrainian. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mamo/#x4)
- Mamo sounds a bit like «Mama» in English. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mamo/#x5)
- «Mamo» is not an English word. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mamo/#x6)

### note

Ukrainian in Latin letters (in Ukrainian script: «мамо»). It is the vocative case — the form for calling someone — of «mama». Not used in English sentences except when quoting Ukrainian speakers. Do not write «a mamo».

### In the corpora

- [MAmo! is the calling form of MAma: what you shout to call Mum.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/7-calling-mum-and-granny-one-to-eight/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mamo» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mamo/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.