Questions & Answers about Урожай вишні дуже великий.
Why is there no word for is in this sentence?
In Ukrainian, the present-tense verb to be is usually omitted.
So:
Урожай вишні дуже великий.
literally looks like:
Cherry harvest very large.
but it naturally means The cherry harvest is very large.
You can think of this as a normal Ukrainian pattern:
- Він щасливий. = He is happy.
- Книга цікава. = The book is interesting.
So the missing is is not a mistake; it is standard Ukrainian grammar.
Why is it вишні and not вишня?
After урожай meaning harvest / yield, Ukrainian often uses the thing harvested in the genitive case.
So:
- вишня = the dictionary form, nominative singular
- вишні = here, the genitive singular form
That is why you get:
урожай вишні = the harvest of cherry / cherry harvest
This is a very common structure in Ukrainian:
- урожай пшениці = wheat harvest
- урожай яблук = apple harvest
- урожай картоплі = potato harvest
Is вишні singular or plural here?