Лійка лежить біля садового шланга.

Лійка means watering can in this sentence.

It is the subject because it is the thing doing the action/state described by лежить — in other words, it is the object that is lying somewhere.

Grammatically, лійка is a feminine noun in the nominative singular here.

Ukrainian often prefers a more specific verb of position instead of a plain to be.

Лежить means lies / is lying. It tells you not only that the watering can is there, but also suggests its position: it is resting in a lying position.

Compare:

• Лійка лежить... = The watering can is lying...
• Лійка стоїть... = The watering can is standing...
• Лійка є... would usually sound unnatural here, because є is not normally used for simple location in this way.

So this is a very natural Ukrainian way to describe where something is.

Yes, but Ukrainian present tense often covers both:

• lies
• is lying

So лежить can be translated either way depending on context.

In this sentence, English would most naturally say something like:

• The watering can is lying next to the garden hose, or
• The watering can lies next to the garden hose.

Because біля requires the genitive case.

The noun шланг is the dictionary form, but after біля it changes:

• nominative: шланг
• genitive: шланга

So:

• біля шланга = near the hose / by the hose

This is a very common pattern in Ukrainian: certain prepositions require certain cases, and біля takes the genitive.

The adjective has to agree with the noun in case, number, and gender.

Since шланга is genitive singular masculine, the adjective must also be genitive singular masculine:

• nominative: садовий шланг
• genitive: садового шланга

So after біля, both words change:

• біля садового шланга

This is normal adjective-noun agreement in Ukrainian.

Біля usually means near, by, or next to.

In many contexts, next to is a good English translation, but біля does not always mean directly touching or immediately adjacent. It can simply mean close to.

Similar Ukrainian expressions include:

• біля = near / by
• коло = near / by
• поруч із = next to / beside

So біля садового шланга means the watering can is close to the garden hose.

Ukrainian does not have articles like English a and the.

So:

• лійка can mean a watering can or the watering can
• садового шланга can mean a garden hose or the garden hose

Context tells you which one is meant. In many translation exercises, English uses the because the objects are understood to be specific.

Yes. Ukrainian word order is more flexible than English word order.

The neutral order here is:

• Лійка лежить біля садового шланга.

But you could also say:

• Біля садового шланга лежить лійка.

That version puts more focus on the location first, something like:

• Near the garden hose, there is a watering can lying there.

The basic meaning stays the same, but the emphasis changes.

Yes. It suggests that the watering can is in a horizontal or resting position rather than upright.

Ukrainian often distinguishes:

• лежати = to lie
• стояти = to stand
• сидіти = to sit

So if the watering can were upright, a speaker might prefer:

• Лійка стоїть біля садового шланга.

Using лежить gives a small visual detail that English sometimes leaves unstated.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

• лійка → LEE-y-ka
• лежить → le-ZHYT
• біля → BEE-lya
• садового → sa-do-VO-ho
• шланга → SHLAN-ha

A few useful notes:

• г in standard Ukrainian sounds like a softer h-like sound, so шланга is closer to shlan-ha than shlan-ga
• ж sounds like the s in measure
• я in лійка and біля adds a ya sound

The dictionary forms are:

• лійка → watering can
• лежати → to lie
• біля → near / by
• садовий → garden, gardening-related
• шланг → hose

In the sentence, some forms change:

• лежати → лежить because it is 3rd person singular present
• садовий шланг → садового шланга because біля requires the genitive case

Yes, садовий шланг is a natural and straightforward way to say garden hose.

Literally, it is:

• садовий = garden
• шланг = hose

So together it means garden hose. It sounds normal and idiomatic in Ukrainian.