Кошик коричневий.

The basket is brown.

Breakdown of Кошик коричневий.

• кошик: the basket
• коричневий: brown

Questions & Answers about Кошик коричневий.

Why is there no word for is in Кошик коричневий?

In Ukrainian, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.

So:

• Кошик коричневий = The basket is brown

Literally, it is more like:

• Basket brown

This is completely normal in Ukrainian. In the past or future, forms of to be do appear.

For example:

• Кошик був коричневий = The basket was brown
• Кошик буде коричневий = The basket will be brown

Why is коричневий at the end of the sentence?

This is the normal word order for a simple statement like this:

• Кошик = the basket
• коричневий = brown

Putting the adjective after the noun here makes it work like a predicate adjective, as in The basket is brown.

Compare:

• коричневий кошик = a brown basket
• Кошик коричневий = The basket is brown

So the position changes the function:

• before the noun: descriptive adjective inside the noun phrase
• after the noun: part of the statement about the noun

Why is it коричневий and not some other form of brown?