Сьомий урок сьогодні.

the lesson

Breakdown of Сьомий урок сьогодні.

• сьогодні: today
• сьомий: seventh

Questions & Answers about Сьомий урок сьогодні.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Because Ukrainian often leaves out the present-tense form of to be.

So Сьомий урок сьогодні. is a normal complete sentence even though there is no spoken є.

Literally, you can think of it as something like:

Сьомий урок [є] сьогодні.

This is very common in Ukrainian. In the present tense, the verb to be is usually omitted unless you are making a special emphasis or using a different structure.

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What exactly is сьомий grammatically?

Сьомий is an ordinal number, meaning seventh.

In Ukrainian, ordinal numbers behave like adjectives, so they change to match the noun in:

• gender
• number
• case

Here it is masculine singular nominative because it matches урок, which is also masculine singular nominative.

So:

• сьомий урок = seventh lesson / seventh class period

Compare:

• сьома година = seventh hour
• сьоме питання = seventh question
• сьомі уроки = seventh lessons

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Why is it сьомий and not something more obviously based on сім?