Шостий урок короткий.

The sixth lesson is short.

Breakdown of Шостий урок короткий.

• урок: the lesson
• короткий: brief
• шостий: sixth

Questions & Answers about Шостий урок короткий.

Why is there no word for is in Шостий урок короткий?

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

So:

• Шостий урок короткий = The sixth lesson is short

Literally, it is more like:

• Sixth lesson short

This is completely normal in Ukrainian.
If you want to talk about the past or future, forms of бути (to be) do appear:

• Шостий урок був короткий = The sixth lesson was short
• Шостий урок буде короткий = The sixth lesson will be short

What does шостий mean, and what kind of word is it?

Шостий means sixth. It is an ordinal number.

Compare:

• шість = six
• шостий = sixth

In Ukrainian, ordinal numbers behave grammatically like adjectives. That means they change form to match the noun they describe in:

• gender
• number
• case

Here, урок is masculine singular nominative, so шостий is also masculine singular nominative.

Why do шостий and both end in ?