Questions & Answers about Бур'ян має довгий корінь.
Why is there an apostrophe in бур'ян?
The apostrophe in Ukrainian is not like the English apostrophe for possession or contractions.
In бур'ян, it shows that я is pronounced as ya, and that the consonant before it is not softened. So р stays hard, and then you clearly hear ya after it.
So бур'ян is pronounced roughly like bur-YAN.
Without the apostrophe, the pronunciation pattern would be different.
What form is має?
Має is the 3rd person singular present tense form of мати, which means to have.
Because бур'ян is singular, Ukrainian uses має:
- я маю — I have
- ти маєш — you have
- він / вона / воно має — he / she / it has
- ми маємо — we have
- ви маєте — you have
- вони мають — they have
So Бур'ян має... means The weed has... or A weed has...
Why is довгий used here, not довга or довге?