mamo

«mamo» in Mova's school dictionary: how you call your mother in Ukrainian — «Mum!» or «Mom!»… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

interjection (Ukrainian, in Latin letters: «Mamo!»)

meaning for a pupil

1) (Ukrainian) «Mamo» is how you call your mother in Ukrainian — «Mum!» or «Mom!» — the form used when speaking to her (from «mama», mother). tree →

2) It is not an English word. tree →

sense in the lessons

In lessons about Ukrainian heard on the street, children hear «Mamo!» when a Ukrainian child calls their mum. To an English ear it sounds like MAH-mo. Ukrainian changes the end of a name or word when you call someone: «mama» becomes «mamo». Common phrases: «Mamo, dyvys!» (Mum, look!), «Mamo, ya tut» (Mum, I'm here).

examples

• «Mamo!» shouted the little boy at the playground. tree →
• In Ukrainian, a child calls «Mamo!» to their mum. tree →
• Our new classmate from Kyiv says «mamo» when she rings her mum. tree →
• «Mamo, dyvys!» means «Mum, look!» in Ukrainian. tree →
• Mamo sounds a bit like «Mama» in English. tree →
• «Mamo» is not an English word. tree →

note

Ukrainian in Latin letters (in Ukrainian script: «мамо»). It is the vocative case — the form for calling someone — of «mama». Not used in English sentences except when quoting Ukrainian speakers. Do not write «a mamo».

In the corpora

• MAmo! is the calling form of MAma: what you shout to call Mum.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «mamo» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.