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Questions & Answers about Сковорода холодна.
What part of speech is сковорода and what is its gender?
Сковорода is a noun. It is feminine in gender and appears here in the singular nominative case as the subject of the sentence.
What part of speech is холодна and why does it end in -на?
Холодна is an adjective modifying сковорода. It ends in -на because adjectives in Ukrainian agree with a feminine noun in gender (feminine), number (singular) and case (nominative).
Why is there no word for “is” in Сковорода холодна?
In Ukrainian, the present-tense copula (the verb є, “to be”) is typically omitted. The juxtaposition of the noun and adjective alone conveys “The frying pan is cold.”
How would you ask “Is the frying pan cold?” in Ukrainian?
You can form a yes/no question in two ways:
1) Сковорода холодна? – simply raising your intonation.
2) Чи холодна сковорода? – using чи at the start to mark a question.
How do you transliterate Сковорода холодна into Latin letters?
A common transliteration is skovoroda kholodna, where х → kh. Some systems render o the same, so you might also see holodna, but kholodna is standard.
Where is the stress in сковорода and in холодна?
In сковорода the stress falls on the third syllable: sko-vo-RO-da.
In холодна the stress is on the first syllable: HO-lod-na.
Can you swap the word order to холодна сковорода? Does it mean the same thing?
Холодна сковорода is just a noun phrase meaning “cold frying pan.” It’s not a full sentence stating “is.” Сковорода холодна is a complete clause: “The frying pan is cold.”
What would be the neuter and plural forms of холодна if you described something else?
For a neuter noun you’d use холодне (e.g., вікно холодне – “the window is cold”), and for plural you’d use холодні (e.g., вікна холодні – “the windows are cold”).
Could you include the verb є explicitly (e.g., Сковорода є холодна)?
Technically yes, but it sounds awkward and is not used in everyday speech. Native speakers simply say Сковорода холодна.