Breakdown of Ліки мають протипоказання.
мати
to have
ліки
the medicine
протипоказання
the contraindication
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Questions & Answers about Ліки мають протипоказання.
Why is ліки treated as plural? English often uses medicine as singular.
Because ліки is normally a plural-only noun in Ukrainian when it means medicine / medication.
So Ukrainian says:
- ці ліки
- ліки допомагають
- ліки мають...
That is why the verb is plural too.
If you want a clearly singular countable word, Ukrainian often uses something like:
- препарат = a drug / preparation
- лікарський засіб = medicinal product
- таблетка = tablet
So ліки can refer to medication in general, even though grammatically it behaves like a plural noun.
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