Вісімдесят людей у парку.

the park

Breakdown of Вісімдесят людей у парку.

• у: in
• людина: the person
• вісімдесят: eighty

Questions & Answers about Вісімдесят людей у парку.

Why isn’t there a word for are in this sentence?

In Ukrainian, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.

So:

• Вісімдесят людей у парку. = Eighty people are in the park.

A more literal breakdown is something like:

• Eighty people in the park

But in natural English, we add are.

In past or future, Ukrainian does use forms of to be, but in the present tense it is normally left out.

Why is people written as людей, not люди?

Because numbers like 5 and higher usually require the noun in the genitive plural.

So:

• 1 person: a singular form
• 2, 3, 4 people: usually a different plural pattern
• 5+ people: genitive plural

Here, вісімдесят means 80, so людей is the correct form.

Compare:

• одна людина = one person
• дві людини = two people
• п’ять людей = five people
• вісімдесят людей = eighty people

So люди is not the right form after вісімдесят.

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