Банкомат чорний.

The cash machine is black.

Breakdown of Банкомат чорний.

• банкомат: the cash machine
• чорний: black

Questions & Answers about Банкомат чорний.

Why is there no word for is in Банкомат чорний?

In Ukrainian, the present-tense verb to be is usually left out in simple statements like this.

So:

• Банкомат чорний. = The ATM is black.

This is completely normal Ukrainian.
If you translated word-for-word into English, it would look like:

• ATM black

But in natural English, you need is, while Ukrainian usually does not in the present tense.

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Why does чорний end in -ий?

Because чорний is an adjective, and it must agree with the noun банкомат in:

• gender
• number
• case

Here, банкомат is:

• masculine
• singular
• nominative

So the adjective also takes the masculine singular nominative form:

• чорний

Compare:

• чорний банкомат — masculine
• чорна машина — feminine
• чорне вікно — neuter
• чорні банкомати — plural

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How do I know that is masculine?