Кошик рожевий.

the basket

Breakdown of Кошик рожевий.

• рожевий: pink

Questions & Answers about Кошик рожевий.

Why is there no word for is in Кошик рожевий?

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

So:

• Кошик рожевий = The basket is pink
• literally, it is more like Basket pink

This is completely normal in Ukrainian.
If you want to speak about the past or future, forms of бути (to be) are used more openly:

• Кошик був рожевий = The basket was pink
• Кошик буде рожевий = The basket will be pink

Why does рожевий end in -ий?

The ending -ий shows that рожевий agrees with кошик in gender, number, and case.

Here, кошик is:

• masculine
• singular
• nominative

So the adjective also has the matching form:

• рожевий = masculine singular nominative

Compare:

• рожевий кошик = a pink basket
• рожева сумка = a pink bag (feminine)
• рожеве плаття = a pink dress (neuter)
• рожеві кошики = pink baskets (plural)