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Questions & Answers about Овочі корисні.
What does Овочі mean?
It’s the plural of овоч, meaning vegetables.
What does корисні mean?
It’s the plural form of корисний, meaning healthy or beneficial.
Why is there no verb like are in this sentence?
In Ukrainian the present-tense copula є (to be) is usually omitted. So Овочі корисні literally means Vegetables are healthy.
Why are there no articles (the, a/an) in Ukrainian here?
Ukrainian doesn’t have definite or indefinite articles. Nouns stand alone without the or a/an.
What case and number is Овочі?
It’s in the nominative plural (it’s the subject of the sentence).
How does the adjective корисні agree with the noun in gender, number, and case?