Personal pronouns

я [jɑ] — I (sing.); ти [tɪ] — you (sing.); він [wʲin] — he (sing., masculine); вона [wɔn'ɑ] — she (sing., feminine); воно [wɔn'ɔ] — it (sing., neuter); ми [mɪ] — we (pl.); вони [wɔn'ɪ] — they (pl.); ви [wɪ] — you (pl.).

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Here are some rules on how to use numerals and nouns in pairs:

• After numeral one (even if it is a part of a composite numeral) noun has Nominative singular form:

  21 день, двадцять один день (21 days);

  41 дерево, сорок одне дерево (41 trees);

  1 151 зірка, тисяча сто п'ятдесят одна зірка (1 151 stars).

• After numerals two and more noun has plural form:

  дві ручки (two pens),

  вісім комп'ютерів (eight computers),

  шістдесят років (sixty years).

• After numerals two, three, four (even if they are a part of a composite numeral) noun has Nominative plural form:

  32 метри, тридцять два метри (thirty-two metres);

  53 олівці, п'ятдесят три олівці (fifty-three pencils);

  364 дні, триста шістдесят чотири дні (three hundred sixty-four days).

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If you want to ask the time you should say:

Котра (зараз) година? — What time is it (now)?

or

О котрій годині? — At what time?

година — hour, feminine,

хвилина — minute, feminine,

Both of them decline like рука.

Now let's have a closer look on how to tell the time in Ukrainian.

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In the previous article we were talking about seasons and months. Now let's explore days of the week.

Every week consists of seven days and begins from Monday (понеділок) and ends with Sunday (неділя).

Days of the week in Ukrainian language are written in lower-cases.

Monday — понеділок (masc.); понеділки (pl.);

Tueasday — вівторок (masc.); вівторки (pl.);

Wednesday — середа (fem.); середи (pl.);

Thursday — четвер (masc.); четверги (pl.);

Friday — п'ятниця (fem.); п'ятниці (pl.);

Saturday — субота (fem.); суботи (pl.);

Sunday — неділя (fem.); неділі (pl.).

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Here are types of declining of numerals in Ukrainian language:

1. Declining of numeral один (one)

Numeral один (одна, одне, одні) is declined as pronoun той (та, те, ті).

Stresses are underlined.

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