Фіолетова капуста сезонна.

The purple cabbage is seasonal.

Breakdown of Фіолетова капуста сезонна.

• сезонний: seasonal
• капуста: the cabbage
• фіолетовий: purple

Questions & Answers about Фіолетова капуста сезонна.

Why is there no word for is in Фіолетова капуста сезонна?

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

So:

Фіолетова капуста сезонна
literally looks like Purple cabbage seasonal,
but it means Purple cabbage is seasonal.

This is completely normal Ukrainian. If you wanted the past or future, you would usually include a form of бути:

• Фіолетова капуста була сезонна = Purple cabbage was seasonal
• Фіолетова капуста буде сезонна = Purple cabbage will be seasonal

Why do фіолетова and сезонна both end in -а?

Because they both agree with капуста, which is a feminine singular noun.

Ukrainian adjectives change to match the noun in:

• gender
• number
• case

Here, капуста is feminine singular, so the adjectives also take feminine singular forms:

• фіолетова = feminine form of фіолетовий
• сезонна = feminine form of сезонний

So the pattern is:

• фіолетова капуста = purple cabbage
• капуста сезонна = cabbage is seasonal