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Questions & Answers about Піца розігрівається в духовці.
What does the suffix –ся mean in розігрівається?
The suffix –ся turns the verb into a reflexive/middle‐voice form. It shows that the action happens to the subject itself—here, “the pizza reheats itself.” In Ukrainian this replaces an English‐style passive (“is being reheated”) without needing an extra auxiliary.
Is розігрівається a passive‐voice construction in Ukrainian?
Not in the strict sense. Ukrainian uses these –ся verbs as a reflexive or middle voice to express that something undergoes an action. There’s no separate passive auxiliary like “is” + past participle in English.
What tense and aspect is розігрівається, and why does it matter?
It’s present tense, imperfective aspect. The imperfective is used for ongoing, habitual or in-progress actions—such as the pizza currently warming up. Perfective verbs don’t have a present form; to indicate a completed reheating you’d switch to a past‐tense perfective.
Why is в used before духовці, and what case is духовці in?
Духовці is in the prepositional case (answers “where?”). We use в (“in”) because духовці begins with one consonant (д). If the noun started with two consonants, you’d use у (e.g. у Львові).
Where does the stress fall in розігрівається, піца, and духовці?
Пі́ца – stress on the first syllable.
Розігріва́ється – stress on the є (fourth) syllable.
Духо́вці – stress on the о.
Why в духовці and not на духовці?
В духовці means “inside the oven.” На духовці would mean “on top of the oven” (its exterior surface). To express putting something into the oven’s cavity, you always use в.
How would you say “The pizza has been reheated in the oven” in perfective aspect?
You could say Піца розігрілася в духовці. This uses the perfective reflexive розігрілася in the past tense to show the reheating is complete.