Word
Місто на сході.
Meaning
The city is in the east.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Місто на сході.
Why is there no verb in Місто на сході?
In Ukrainian, the verb to be in the present tense is often omitted.
So Місто на сході literally looks like City in the east, but it naturally means The city is in the east.
This is very common in Ukrainian, especially in:
- simple statements
- captions
- descriptions
- headlines
If you wanted to include is, Ukrainian usually still leaves it out in the present tense.
What case is місто in?
Місто is in the nominative singular.
Why?
- The dictionary form is місто
- It is a neuter noun
- In a sentence like this, it acts as the main noun, roughly like the subject
So:
- місто = city / town
- nominative singular neuter
Why is it на сході and not на схід?