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

Language through Literature

Vanka


Ванька вздохнул, умокнул перо и продолжал писать:

Tap any word.

Show the English

Vanka sighed, dipped his pen and went on writing:

Read aloud

The words in this sentence

Ва́нька
Vanka (name)
вздохну́л
he sighed (past m of вздохнуть) — вздохнуть
умокну́л
he dipped the pen (past m; colloq./arch. for обмакнул) — умокнуть
перо́
pen; feather (nom/acc sg)
и
and; also, even
продолжа́л
he continued (past m) — продолжать
писа́ть
to write

А. П. Чехов, «Ванька», 1886 · sentence 23 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.