B2 · Obere Mittelstufe Kapitel 45

Describing Actions (Gerunds)

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Master the art of describing two simultaneous actions using Ukrainian adverbial participles.

  • Identify the formation of present adverbial participles.
  • Integrate -iuchy forms into your daily speech.
  • Distinguish between main actions and secondary simultaneous actions.
Two actions, one sentence: master the flow.

Was du lernen wirst

Using adverbial participles (diyepryslivnyk). Learn to describe two actions happening simultaneously.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

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    By the end you will be able to: describe secondary actions occurring simultaneously with a main action using the -iuchy suffix.

Wichtige Vokabeln (5)

ідучи while walking співаючи while singing розмовляючи while talking працюючи while working слухаючи while listening

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coffee

A Productive Morning

Review Summary

  • Verb stem (3rd person plural) + -ючи/-ачи

Häufige Fehler

The subject must be the same for both actions. Here, the person walking must be the one reading.

Wrong: Я читав книгу, ідучи додому мій друг.
Richtig: Ідучи додому, я читав книгу.

Adverbial participles in -iuchy must be imperfective (ongoing).

Wrong: Вона співала пісню, зробивши домашнє завдання.
Richtig: Вона співала пісню, роблячи домашнє завдання.

Don't use two conjugated verbs for simultaneous actions; use the participle for the secondary one.

Wrong: Я працюю, слухаю музику.
Richtig: Я працюю, слухаючи музику.

Next Steps

You've mastered a key stylistic tool of the Ukrainian language. Keep practicing, and your sentences will sound more natural every day!

Translate 5 sentences from your favorite book using adverbial participles.

Continue to: Complex Passive Structures

Schnelle Übung (3)

Fix the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

Йдучи додому, дощ почався.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Коли я йшов додому, почався дощ.
Subject mismatch.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Present Adverbial Participles (-iuchy)

Choose the correct form.

Він працював, ___ (співати) пісню.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: співаючи
Correct participle form.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Present Adverbial Participles (-iuchy)

Complete the sentence.

___ (читати) книгу, я п'ю чай.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Читаючи
Correct participle form.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Present Adverbial Participles (-iuchy)

Score: /3

Häufige Fragen (2)

Yes, but it sounds slightly more formal.
No, it is indeclinable.
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