Добра форма

Добра форма (Dobra forma; Good Form) is a web-based overview of Ukrainian grammar with contextualized activities that enable students to internalize correct grammatical forms as they focus on the communication of meaning.

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23.1 Present Tense of -ся Verbs (First Conjugation)

In this module, you will become familiar with the so-called -ся verbs and their usage in the present tense. You will learn present-tense forms of those -ся verbs that belong to the first conjugation.

23.2 Present Tense of -ся Verbs (Second Conjugation)

In this module, you will learn present-tense forms of six common –ся verbs that belong to the second conjugation.

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24.1 Past Tense of Verbs

This is a guest module created by Tetiana Kidruk. In this module, you will learn how to form the past tense of most Ukrainian verbs.

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24.2 Past Tense of -ся Verbs

In this module, you will learn how to form the past tense of -ся verbs.

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25.1 Future Tense of Verbs (With бути)

In this module, you will learn how to form the future tense of many Ukrainian verbs with the help of the verb бу́ти.

25.2 Future Tense of Verbs (Synthetic: Читатиму)

In this module, you will learn another way of forming the future tense of many Ukrainian verbs – with the help of endings on the verbs.

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26.1 Modal Verbs (Want, Must, Can)

In this module, you will learn how to express desire, ability, necessity, and obligation with the help of four verbs: хоті́ти, могти́, ма́ти, and му́сити.

26.2 Modal Constructions (треба and можна)

In this module, you will learn how to express necessity, possibility, permission, and prohibition by means of impersonal modal constructions with тре́ба and мо́жна.

27.1 Introduction to Verbal Aspect (Prefixed Perfective Verbs)

In this module, you will be introduced to the concept of verbal aspect in Ukrainian. You will learn to distinguish between imperfective verbs and their prefixed perfective counterparts, as well as between some basic meanings they convey.

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27.2 Verbal Aspect (Past Tense)

In this module, you will learn how verbal aspect operates in the past tense.