Продавець не хоче торгуватися.

Продавець means seller or salesperson. In this sentence, it is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence — the person doing the action.

So in Продавець не хоче торгуватися, the seller is the one who does not want to bargain.

A few related forms:

• продавець — the seller (nominative)
• продавця — of the seller / the seller (accusative or genitive in some contexts)
• продавцеві / продавцю — to the seller

Не is the basic Ukrainian word for not. It is placed before the verb it negates.

So:

• хоче = wants
• не хоче = does not want

This is very normal word order in Ukrainian:

• Я хочу — I want
• Я не хочу — I do not want

In your sentence:

• Продавець не хоче... = The seller does not want...

Хоче is the 3rd person singular present tense form of хотіти (to want).

That means it is used with:

• він — he
• вона — she
• воно — it
• or any singular noun like продавець

Examples:

• Я хочу — I want
• Ти хочеш — you want
• Він хоче — he wants
• Продавець хоче — the seller wants

So the ending -е shows that the subject is he/she/it or a singular noun.

After хотіти (to want), Ukrainian normally uses the infinitive of the second verb, just like English often uses to + verb.

So:

• хоче торгуватися = wants to bargain

Compare:

• Я хочу спати — I want to sleep
• Вона хоче працювати — She wants to work
• Продавець не хоче торгуватися — The seller does not want to bargain

So торгуватися stays in the infinitive because it depends on хоче.

The -ся ending is a very common Ukrainian feature. It often makes a verb reflexive or gives it a meaning that is a little different from the non--ся form.

Here, торгуватися means to bargain / to haggle, while торгувати usually means to trade, sell, do commerce.

So:

• торгувати = to trade, to sell
• торгуватися = to bargain, to haggle

This is an important distinction. The -ся form is the one you need when talking about negotiating a price.

Other common verbs with -ся:

• вчитися — to study, to learn
• сміятися — to laugh
• здаватися — to seem

Торгуватися is imperfective.

That makes sense here because the sentence talks about the general action of bargaining, not one completed bargaining event.

Ukrainian aspect:

• imperfective = ongoing, repeated, general process
• perfective = completed action or single result

In this sentence, the seller does not want to engage in bargaining as a process, so торгуватися is the natural choice.

Yes, in many contexts that is a natural translation.

Depending on context, торгуватися can mean:

• to bargain
• to haggle
• sometimes to negotiate over the price

Usually it suggests negotiating in a market or sale situation, often specifically over price.

So possible English translations include:

• The seller doesn’t want to bargain.
• The seller doesn’t want to haggle.
• The salesperson doesn’t want to negotiate.

But haggle or bargain is often the closest match.

Ukrainian does not have articles like a or the.

So продавець can mean:

• a seller
• the seller

Which one sounds best in English depends on context.

For example:

• Продавець не хоче торгуватися. could be
  • The seller doesn’t want to bargain.
  • A seller doesn’t want to bargain.

Usually, in isolation, English speakers often choose the seller, but Ukrainian itself does not mark that difference with an article.

Yes. Ukrainian word order is more flexible than English word order, because case endings and verb forms carry a lot of grammatical information.

The neutral order here is:

• Продавець не хоче торгуватися.

But you might also hear:

• Не хоче продавець торгуватися.
• Торгуватися продавець не хоче.

These alternatives can change the emphasis:

• Продавець не хоче торгуватися. — neutral statement
• Торгуватися продавець не хоче. — emphasis on bargaining being what the seller does not want to do

For learners, the original order is the safest and most natural.

A learner-friendly pronunciation guide would be something like:

торгуватися ≈ tor-hoo-VA-ty-sya

A few notes:

• г in Ukrainian is usually pronounced like a softer h sound, not a hard English g
• the stress is on -ва-: торгувАтися
• ся is pronounced roughly like sya

So the whole sentence sounds approximately like:

pro-da-VEHTS ne HO-che tor-hoo-VA-ty-sya

This is only an approximation, but it helps at the beginning.

In this sentence, Ukrainian leaves that unstated because it is already understood from context.

Торгуватися can be used on its own if the general idea is clear:

• Він любить торгуватися. — He likes bargaining.
• Продавець не хоче торгуватися. — The seller doesn’t want to bargain.

If you want to say who someone is bargaining with, you can add that:

• торгуватися з покупцем — to bargain with the buyer

So a fuller sentence could be:

• Продавець не хоче торгуватися з покупцем. — The seller does not want to bargain with the buyer.

Yes, продавець is grammatically masculine.

If you specifically want to refer to a female seller, you may also see:

• продавчиня — saleswoman / female seller

So:

• Продавець не хоче торгуватися. — The seller doesn’t want to bargain.
• Продавчиня не хоче торгуватися. — The female seller doesn’t want to bargain.

In modern Ukrainian, feminine job nouns like продавчиня are very common and natural.

Yes, it is natural and correct.

It is a simple, standard sentence with:

• a subject: продавець
• negation: не
• a conjugated verb: хоче
• an infinitive: торгуватися

It sounds like something you could say in a shop, market, or negotiation context.

Very natural related examples:

• Покупець хоче торгуватися. — The buyer wants to bargain.
• Я не хочу торгуватися. — I don’t want to bargain.
• Вони не хочуть торгуватися. — They don’t want to bargain.