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title: Vyshyvanka Day, midsummer, St Nicholas — and the polite guest — how Mova does on the tests · Ukrainian street
description: Lesson 29 of the ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school: 5 of 11 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Vyshyvanka Day, midsummer, St Nicholas — and the polite guest

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**Tests:** 5 of 11 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★★ · **Understood:** 10 of 15 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 29 of the ukrainian street course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose. The lesson itself, sentence by sentence with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/).

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/).

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### Test 1 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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my mate says "SlAva UkrayIni" is a funny thing to shout as a prank. right?

- **1.** No, it's said with respect, not as a joke — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **2.** Yes, everyone laughs at it, it's an old meme online — no support
- **3.** Yes, it means "hello" — no support
- **4.** No, it's a swear phrase — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 29, line 10: «"DYAkuyu, bulo duzhe smachno" means "thank you, it was delicious", the best thing a guest can say after a meal.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «say» (+2); the same thing acted on «best thing» (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t2}

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Sashko's granny sees you walk in and grab a toy without asking. What does she think?

- **1.** That it's rude: you should ask "mozhna vzyaty?" — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 10
- **2.** That you're polite — no support
- **3.** Nothing at all — no support
- **4.** That you're hungry — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 10, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 29, line 12: «"mozhna vzyaty?" means "may I take it?", asked before touching a toy, a book or a sweet from the bowl; the answer is "bery!", take it!», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same thing acted on «vzyaty» (+4); a different doer (counts against) (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t3}

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Sashko gets a twig on St Nicholas Day and laughs. What's going on?

- **1.** A jokey "you were naughty" present — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** A real punishment for a bad mark at school — no support
- **3.** A broken present — no support
- **4.** A gift for the yalYnka — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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You say "na zdorOv'ya!" when Sashko's mum serves the soup. What went wrong?

- **1.** It means "I'm full" — no support
- **2.** It's a swear phrase — score 5
- **3.** That's the host's answer to thanks, not what the guest says — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Nothing, it's right — **← Mova's choice** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 6, against 5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 11, line 6: «borshch is a red beetroot soup served with sour cream; in 2022 UNESCO listed the culture of Ukrainian borshch cooking as heritage in need of urgent protection,…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same doer «borshch» (+2); the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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Sashko's mum says "na zdorOv'ya" when you sneeze, and your mate says she wished you a nice meal. What did she mean?

- **1.** Enjoy your meal — no support
- **2.** Go to bed now — no support
- **3.** Wash your hands — **← Mova's choice** · score 12
- **4.** Bless you — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 12, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 21, line 12: «"pomyi ruky" means "wash your hands", and the friend's mum will say it before every meal.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+5); the same thing acted on «hands» (+4); the same action «wash» (+3). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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What would happen if you said "DYAkuyu za hostynu" as you left?

- **1.** Sashko's mum would be delighted — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** She'd think you were rude — no support
- **3.** She'd ask you to stay the night — no support
- **4.** Nothing, nobody says it — **← Mova's choice** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what happens next. It chose option 4 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 29, line 16: «"pryKHOdy shche!" means "come again!", said by the friend's mum as you leave, and you answer "DYAkuyu!".», reached through what followed the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «say» (+4). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-2). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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You're asked "SlAva UkrayIni!" at a school assembly about Ukraine. What do you reply?

- **1.** VoIstynu voskrEs! — no support
- **2.** SlAvimo Yoho! — no support
- **3.** DYAkuyu! — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **4.** HeroYam slAva! — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 13, line 1: «Ukrainian grannies play a polite game: they offer shche trOshky — a little more — again and again, often three times, and you answer kindly and firmly ni, DYAk…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «answer» (+3); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same thing acted on «ni» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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oi, where's the loo, says your mate at Sashko's. How should he say it there?

- **1.** vybachte, de tualEt? — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** daI tualEt! — no support
- **3.** kotra hodyna? — no support
- **4.** de tualEt?! shouted across the room — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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You call Sashko's grandad "pani". What slip did you make?

- **1.** No slip, pani is for men — no support
- **2.** pani is for a woman; to him you say "pane" — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** pani is for children only — no support
- **4.** pani means "granny" — **← Mova's choice** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 6, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 29, line 9: «"DObryi den, pani ..." means "good day, Mrs ..."; "pani" is used for a woman and "pane" when calling a man.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «mean» (+3); the same doer «dobryi den» (+3). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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At Ivana Kupala young people jump over a bonfire. Should a kid try it at home?

- **1.** No, fire is dangerous: just watch — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Yes, it brings good luck — no support
- **3.** Yes, small fires cannot burn you at all — no support
- **4.** Yes, if a friend is watching — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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The family wears vyshyvanky on a Thursday in May. Which day is it most likely?

- **1.** Independence Day — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **2.** St Nicholas Day — no support
- **3.** Easter Sunday morning — no support
- **4.** Vyshyvanka Day — **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask a circumstance (with what, when, how). It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 28, line 17: «"Den Nezalezhnosti" means Independence Day, on 24 August, marking Ukraine's independence in 1991; families wear vyshyvanky, embroidered shirts, and wave blue-a…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+3); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored 4. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/t11/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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It is given that the salutation "SlAva UkrayIni!" has been addressed to a person. Identify the customary response.

- **1.** na zdorOv'ya! — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** HeroYam slAva! — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** SlAvimo Yoho! — no support
- **4.** VoIstynu voskrEs! — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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Select the expression which a guest should employ, upon the conclusion of a meal, to convey gratitude and appreciation of its quality.

- **1.** DYAkuyu, bulo duzhe smachno — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3
- **2.** SMAchnoho — no support
- **3.** na zdorOv'ya — no support
- **4.** pryKHOdy shche — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 29, line 4: «And the polite guest at Sashko's house: "DObryi den, pani ..." to his mum, "mozhna vzyaty?" before you touch anything, "vybachte, de tualEt?" when you need it,…», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «bulo» (+2); the same thing acted on «smachno» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · right ✓ {#e3}

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the expression "na zdorOv'ya"?

- **1.** It is the host's reply to thanks for food and also a response to a sneeze — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** It is a greeting reserved for Easter — no support
- **3.** It is a guest's request for further food — no support
- **4.** It is a valediction upon departure — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Ascertain the conduct prescribed for a guest who wishes to take an object within the household of another.

- **1.** The guest should enquire "de tualEt?" — no support
- **2.** The guest should declare "DYAkuyu za hostynu" — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** The guest should take the object without enquiry — no support
- **4.** The guest should first enquire "mozhna vzyaty?" — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 11, line 11: «sAlo is cured pork fat sliced on bread; grandads love it, people joke about it as a Ukrainian food, and a guest can politely say ni, DYAkuyu.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «guest» (+2); the same thing acted on «ni» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/ukrainian-street/29-vyshyvanka-midsummer-st-nicholas-polite-guest/e4/)

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