Дев’ятий урок завтра.

the lesson

Breakdown of Дев’ятий урок завтра.

• завтра: tomorrow
• дев’ятий: ninth

Questions & Answers about Дев’ятий урок завтра.

Why is дев’ятий used here instead of дев’ять?

Because дев’ятий means ninth, not nine.

In this sentence, урок is being identified by its order in a sequence, so Ukrainian uses an ordinal number:

• дев’ять = nine
• дев’ятий = ninth

So дев’ятий урок means the ninth lesson or lesson nine, depending on context.

Why does дев’ятий end in -ий?

Because дев’ятий behaves like an adjective, and it must agree with the noun урок.

Here:

• урок is masculine
• singular
• nominative

So the ordinal also takes the masculine nominative singular form:

• дев’ятий урок = the ninth lesson

If the noun changed, the ordinal would change too. For example:

• дев’ята сторінка = the ninth page
• дев’яте завдання = the ninth task

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?