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

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)

A very common clue is the ending of the noun in the dictionary form.

Кошик ends in a consonant, and nouns that end in a consonant are often masculine in Ukrainian.

So:

• кошик = masculine singular noun

That is why the adjective must also be masculine:

• кошик рожевий

Yes. Both are possible, but they feel a little different.

• Рожевий кошик = Pink basket / The basket is pink depending on context
• Кошик рожевий = more clearly The basket is pink

A simple way to think about it:

• adjective + noun often gives a basic noun phrase: a pink basket
• noun + adjective often sounds more like a statement: the basket is pink

In short, Кошик рожевий is a very natural way to say that the basket has the color pink.

Usually, кошик means basket, especially a small basket or shopping-style basket.

Depending on context, Ukrainian may also use related words for other kinds of containers, but кошик is the normal everyday word for basket.

You may also see:

• кошик для сміття = wastebasket / trash basket
• кошик для покупок = shopping basket

Ukrainian does not have articles like English a/an and the.

So Кошик рожевий can mean:

• The basket is pink
• A basket is pink

Which one is intended depends on the context. In most real situations, context makes it clear.

This is normal in Ukrainian, and learners gradually get used to understanding definiteness without articles.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

• Кошик ≈ KO-shyk
• рожевий ≈ ro-ZHE-vyy

Some helpful notes:

• ш sounds like English sh
• ж sounds like the s in measure
• и is not exactly English ee; it is a shorter, more central sound
• the stress is usually:
  • кóшик
  • рожéвий

So the whole sentence sounds roughly like:

KO-shyk ro-ZHE-vyy

Both words are in the nominative case.

That is because кошик is the subject, and рожевий is describing it in a simple statement.

So:

• кошик = nominative singular
• рожевий = nominative singular masculine, agreeing with кошик

This is the basic citation form you usually learn first.

Yes. Рожевий is the standard word for pink, and historically it is related to the idea of rose-colored.

In normal modern usage, though, you can simply think of рожевий as the everyday adjective pink.

You would change both the noun and the adjective to plural:

• Кошики рожеві = The baskets are pink

Changes:

• кошик → кошики
• рожевий → рожеві

This shows again that adjectives in Ukrainian agree with the noun.

You add не before the adjective:

• Кошик не рожевий = The basket is not pink

This is the normal way to negate this kind of sentence.

Yes, absolutely. Кошик рожевий is a complete, grammatical, natural Ukrainian sentence.

It is short and simple, but it works perfectly as a statement describing the basket’s color. It is also a very useful pattern for learners:

• Стіл великий = The table is big
• Будинок новий = The house is new
• Чай гарячий = The tea is hot

So noun + adjective is a very common and useful sentence pattern in Ukrainian.