У мене болять груди.

Ukrainian often expresses body sensations with the pattern У мене + verb + body part.

So У мене болять груди is literally something like At me, the chest/breasts hurt, but in natural English we say My chest hurts or My breasts hurt.

This pattern is very common in Ukrainian:

• У мене болить голова = My head hurts
• У мене болять ноги = My legs hurt

So even though English uses my, Ukrainian very often uses У мене for this kind of idea.

Because after у in this structure, Ukrainian uses the genitive case.

So:

• я = I
• мене = genitive/accusative form of я

In У мене болять груди, мене is required by the phrase у мене, which means at me / with me / I have depending on context.

You should learn у мене as a fixed, very common expression.

Because груди is grammatically plural, so the verb must also be plural.

Compare:

• болить = hurts (singular)
• болять = hurt (plural)

So:

• У мене болить рука = My arm hurts
• У мене болять руки = My arms hurt
• У мене болять груди = My chest/breasts hurt

Even if English sometimes treats chest as singular, Ukrainian uses груди, which is plural in form.

It is plural.

That is why the sentence uses болять.

In modern Ukrainian, груди is normally used as a plural noun meaning chest, breast area, or breasts, depending on context. For a learner, the important thing is:

• груди behaves like a plural noun
• therefore it takes plural agreement: болять

It can mean either, depending on context.

Common possibilities are:

• chest
• breasts
• the front upper part of the body in general

So У мене болять груди could mean:

• My chest hurts
• My breasts hurt

The exact meaning depends on who is speaking and the situation. If the meaning has already been given to the learner, then that is the meaning to follow in that context.

Yes, that is grammatically possible.

• У мене болять груди
• Мої груди болять

Both can mean the same thing, but У мене болять груди sounds more natural for describing a physical condition or symptom. It is the more typical everyday pattern in Ukrainian for pain and bodily sensations.

Мої груди болять is more direct and can sound more emphatic, as if focusing specifically on my breasts/chest.

The basic order is:

У мене + болять + груди

Literally:

• У мене = with me / at me
• болять = hurt
• груди = chest/breasts

Ukrainian word order is flexible, so you may also hear variations, but this version is completely normal.

Because Ukrainian has cases, word order often changes for emphasis rather than basic grammar.

Yes, very much so.

Ukrainian commonly uses боліти with the body part as the grammatical subject:

• У мене болить зуб = My tooth hurts
• У мене болять очі = My eyes hurt
• У мене болить спина = My back hurts

So У мене болять груди follows a very common and useful pattern.

The infinitive is боліти = to hurt / to ache.

Here are some forms:

• болить = hurts (singular)
• болять = hurt (plural)

Examples:

• У мене болить серце = My heart hurts
• У мене болять груди = My chest/breasts hurt

Yes, in natural English that may be how you would translate it in some situations.

Literally, the sentence says that the груди hurt, but idiomatic English might express that as:

• My chest hurts
• I have pain in my chest
• My breasts hurt

Again, the exact English wording depends on context.

No.

Груди can refer generally to the chest area, so it is not automatically female-only. However, in some contexts it can specifically mean breasts.

So the word itself is broader than just one meaning. Context tells you whether it means:

• the chest area in general
• specifically the breasts

Use:

• болить with a singular noun
• болять with a plural noun

Examples:

Singular

• У мене болить голова = My head hurts
• У мене болить нога = My leg hurts

Plural

• У мене болять ноги = My legs hurt
• У мене болять очі = My eyes hurt
• У мене болять груди = My chest/breasts hurt

So the verb agrees with the noun that is hurting.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

u me-NE bo-LYAT HRU-dy

A few useful notes:

• У sounds like oo in boot
• мене has stress on the second syllable: меНЕ
• болять has stress on the last syllable: болЯТЬ
• груди has stress on the first syllable: ГРУди

The г in Ukrainian is not a hard English g. It is closer to a soft voiced h sound. So груди is closer to hru-dy than groo-dy.

Yes.

It is a normal way to describe a symptom. A speaker could say it to a doctor, pharmacist, or another person to explain where they feel pain.

Depending on the exact situation, a doctor might ask for clarification, because груди can be understood as chest or breasts. But the sentence itself is perfectly natural.