Це шахрайство.

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Breakdown of Це шахрайство.

• шахрайство: fraud

Questions & Answers about Це шахрайство.

Why is there no word for is in Це шахрайство?

In Ukrainian, the present-tense verb to be is usually not stated in simple sentences like this.

So:

• Це шахрайство. = This is fraud / This is a scam.

A more word-for-word English gloss would be something like:

• This — fraud.

Ukrainian often leaves out є (is) in the present tense when identifying or defining something.

You may sometimes see Це є шахрайство, but in everyday modern Ukrainian that usually sounds more emphatic, formal, or less natural than the simple Це шахрайство.

What exactly does це mean here?

Here це means this or it in the sense of this is / it is.

In sentences like this, це is very commonly used to identify something:

• Це книга. = This is a book.
• Це проблема. = This is a problem.
• Це шахрайство. = This is fraud / This is a scam.

So even though це literally often corresponds to this, in real usage it can also feel like English it when you are reacting to a situation:

• That email? Це шахрайство. = That email? It’s a scam.