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Questions & Answers about Я купив одяг у магазині.
What does the subject Я mean in this sentence?
Я translates to I in English. It indicates that the speaker is referring to themselves as the one who performed the action.
How does the verb купив indicate time and gender in this sentence?
Купив means bought and is the past tense form of the verb купити. In Ukrainian, past tense verbs agree with the gender of the subject. The form купив is masculine; a female speaker would use купила instead.
What does одяг mean and why is it used as it is here?
Одяг means clothes or clothing. It is a collective or mass noun in Ukrainian, so even though it refers to multiple items, it is used in the singular form without any plural ending.
What role does the preposition у play in the phrase у магазині?
The preposition у means in or at and is used to indicate location. In this sentence, it tells us where the buying took place—inside or at the store.
Why does магазин change to магазині in this sentence?
In Ukrainian, nouns change their endings depending on the grammatical case required by the sentence. After the preposition у, the noun must be in the locative case, which for магазин is магазині. This form specifies the location of the action.