Breakdown of На ринку продають свіжі гарбузи та інші овочі.
на
on
та
and
свіжий
fresh
ринок
the market
продавати
to sell
овоч
the vegetable
інший
other
гарбуз
the pumpkin
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Questions & Answers about На ринку продають свіжі гарбузи та інші овочі.
What does the phrase На ринку mean, and what grammatical case is ринку in?
It means “at the market”. The noun ринок is used in its locative form (ринку) after the preposition на to indicate location.
Why is there no explicit subject (like вони meaning “they”) before продають?
Ukrainian often omits the subject because the verb conjugation already indicates who is performing the action. The form продають is third-person plural, so an explicit subject isn’t necessary.
How do the adjectives свіжі and інші agree with the nouns they modify?
In Ukrainian, adjectives must agree with their nouns in gender, number, and case. Here, свіжі matches гарбузи (fresh pumpkins) and інші matches овочі (other vegetables) in plural form. Since these are inanimate nouns used as direct objects, their accusative forms look like the nominative forms.
What case are the objects гарбузи and овочі in, and why do they appear that way?
They function as direct objects of the verb продають. Because they’re inanimate, their accusative case is identical to the nominative case, which is why they remain unchanged in form.
What role does the conjunction та play in the sentence?
The word та serves as a coordinating conjunction equivalent to “and” in English, linking гарбузи with інші овочі.
Why are there no articles (like “the” or “a”) in this sentence?
Ukrainian does not have articles. Nouns and adjectives stand alone without equivalents to English articles, so context provides the necessary specificity.
How does the word order contribute to the sentence’s overall meaning?
The sentence begins with На ринку to set the location, followed by the verb продають and then the objects (свіжі гарбузи та інші овочі). This order emphasizes where the action takes place and clearly presents what is being sold.