Skip to content
Language through
Literature
Your first pageRussian · Language through Literature

Language through Literature

Vanka


Поздравляю вас с Рождеством и желаю тебе всего от господа бога.

Tap any word.

Show the English

I congratulate you on Christmas and wish you all good things from the Lord God.

Read aloud

Where it stands

— писал он. — he wrote.

— И пишу тебе письмо. — And I am writing you a letter.

Нету у меня ни отца, ни маменьки, только ты у меня один остался». I have neither father nor mummy, you are the only one I have left.”

The words in this sentence

поздравля́ю
I congratulate (1sg) — поздравлять
вас
you (gen/acc pl) — вы
с
with (+instr); from, off (+gen)
Рождество́м
Christmas (instr sg; перед Рождеством) — рождество
и
and; also, even
жела́ю
I wish (pres 1sg of желать) — желать
тебе́
to you (dat/prep, informal) — ты
всего́
of all; in total (gen) — весь
от
from, away from (+gen)
господа́
the Lord (n., m.) — господин
бо́га
God (gen/acc of бог) — бог

А. П. Чехов, «Ванька», 1886 · sentence 5 of 68

This is one sentence of «Ванька» — 68 sentences long, and the whole story reads like this: every word glossed where it stands, the English out of your eyeline until you ask for it. Free, no account.

Open «Ванька» in the reader Read it whole, English under every line

Some complete works are free without an account in the interactive reader; other books offer free openings. Free lesson samples are also available. A free account keeps your saved words and progress across devices. Free reading and membership.