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Questions & Answers about Робота займає час.
What does Робота translate to, and what role does it play in the sentence?
Робота means work or job. In this sentence, it acts as the subject—the entity that is performing the action.
How does the verb займає function within this sentence?
Займає is the third-person singular form of займати, which means “to occupy” or “to take up.” It describes the action of work, indicating that work is consuming or occupying time.
What is the grammatical role of час, and why doesn’t its form change?
Час translates to time and serves as the direct object of the verb. In Ukrainian, many inanimate masculine nouns (like час) retain the same form in the nominative and accusative cases. Here, although час is understood as being in the accusative (as it’s the object), its appearance doesn’t change because of the noun’s characteristics.
Can the word order in Робота займає час be altered, and what effects might this have?
Yes, Ukrainian allows flexible word order for emphasis. The standard subject–verb–object pattern is used here, but altering it—for example, saying Час займає робота—might shift the focus onto time rather than work. Such changes are typically stylistic and may be used for emphasis or in poetic contexts.
Why isn’t any preposition used before час in this sentence?
In Ukrainian, just as in English, certain verbs directly take an object without a preposition. Because займати already implies “occupying” something, there’s no need for a preposition before час in this construction.