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Questions & Answers about Це товар неналежної якості.
What does Це товар неналежної якості mean literally?
Literally, it is something like:
This is a product of improper quality.
A more natural English translation would be:
- This is a poor-quality product
- This product is of inadequate quality
- This product is defective / not of proper quality depending on context
This phrase is especially common in formal or consumer-rights language.
Why is there no word for is in the sentence?
In Ukrainian, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.
So:
- Це товар неналежної якості = This is a product of inadequate quality
- literally: This product of inadequate quality
Ukrainian speakers understand the missing is automatically.
What does це mean here?
Це can mean this, it, or this is, depending on context.
In this sentence, це introduces or identifies something:
- Це товар... = This is a product...
If you are pointing at an item, це works very naturally.