Ми йдемо стежкою повільно, бо після дощу там слизько.

Йдемо means we are going / we are walking in one specific direction, as an ongoing action.

Ходимо usually means:

• we walk in general, habitually
• we go around
• repeated or multi-directional movement

So in this sentence, the speakers are on one particular walk along a trail right now, which is why йдемо is the natural choice.

Because стежкою is the instrumental singular form of стежка.

After verbs of movement, Ukrainian often uses the instrumental case to show the route or path along which someone moves. So:

• стежка = trail, path
• стежкою = along/by the trail

Here, йдемо стежкою means we’re walking along the trail.

A very common alternative is:

• йдемо по стежці

Both are natural, but йдемо стежкою is a neat, standard way to express movement along a path.

Повільно is an adverb, and it means slowly. It describes how the walking happens.

So:

• йдемо = we are walking
• повільно = slowly

Together: we are walking slowly.

Yes, Ukrainian word order is fairly flexible. The sentence:

• Ми йдемо стежкою повільно...

is natural, but you could also say:

• Ми повільно йдемо стежкою...
• Повільно ми йдемо стежкою...
• Ми йдемо повільно стежкою...

These all mean roughly the same thing, but the emphasis changes a little.

The given version sounds quite natural and balanced. Putting повільно after стежкою lets the sentence first establish where they are walking, then how they are walking.

Бо means because.

It is very common and natural in everyday Ukrainian.
You could also use тому що, which also means because.

Compare:

• ..., бо після дощу там слизько.
• ..., тому що після дощу там слизько.

Both are correct. In many cases, бо feels shorter and more conversational, while тому що can feel a bit fuller or more explicit.

Because the preposition після requires the genitive case.

So:

• дощ = rain
• дощу = of rain / after rain

That gives:

• після дощу = after the rain or after rain

This is something worth memorizing as a pattern:

• після + genitive

For example:

• після уроку = after the lesson
• після роботи = after work
• після обіду = after lunch

Literally, it means there, slippery.

More naturally in English: it’s slippery there.

This is a very common Ukrainian structure. Instead of using a full adjective agreeing with a noun, Ukrainian often uses a predicative word like слизько to describe general conditions in a place.

So:

• там слизько = it’s slippery there

Because слизько is not describing a specific noun directly. It is an impersonal predicate word meaning something like it is slippery.

Compare:

• Там слизько. = It’s slippery there.
• Стежка слизька. = The trail is slippery.

In the second example, слизька agrees with стежка, which is feminine singular.

So:

• use слизько for a general condition
• use слизький / слизька / слизьке / слизькі when describing a specific noun

Because in the present tense, Ukrainian normally leaves out the verb to be.

So English says:

• It is slippery there

But Ukrainian usually just says:

• Там слизько

This is completely normal. The present-tense is/are is usually understood and not spoken.

Там means there, and it points to the place being talked about — in this case, the trail or that area on the trail.

It makes the reason more concrete:

• бо після дощу там слизько = because it’s slippery there after the rain

You could say:

• бо після дощу слизько

and that would still make sense if the location is obvious from context. But там helps make the sentence sound a bit more explicit and natural.

Because бо introduces a clause giving the reason.

So the sentence has two parts:

• Ми йдемо стежкою повільно
• бо після дощу там слизько

In Ukrainian, a comma is normally used before бо, just as English often uses a comma before because in similar sentence structures.