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Questions & Answers about Кухар готує смачну вечерю.
What part of speech and grammatical gender is кухар?
кухар is a masculine noun (іменник чоловічого роду). It means “cook” or “chef” in English and refers to a male or generic cook.
What tense, aspect, and person is готує?
готує is the third person singular present tense of the imperfective verb готувати (“to prepare, to cook”). Imperfective aspect indicates an ongoing, habitual, or repeated action.
Why does the adjective смачну end in -у?
смачну is the feminine singular accusative form of смачний (“tasty”). In Ukrainian adjectives agree with the noun in gender, number, and case. Since вечерю is feminine singular in the accusative case (it’s the direct object), the adjective takes the ending -у.
What case is вечерю, and why is that case used?
вечерю is feminine singular in the accusative case. The accusative is used here because вечеря (“dinner”) is the direct object of the verb готує (“is preparing”).
Why is the adjective placed before the noun in смачну вечерю?
In Ukrainian, adjectives typically precede the noun they modify, following the general word order similar to English (Adjective–Noun). You could put it after for emphasis or poetic style, but the neutral standard is смачна вечеря (when nominative) or смачну вечерю (accusative).
Where is the stress in each word of the sentence?
The stress falls as follows:
- кУхар (“COOK”)
- готУє (“go-TU-ye”)
- смАчну (“SMA-chnu”)
- вечЕрю (“ve-CHÉ-ryu”)
What is the difference between вечеря and вечір?
- вечеря means “dinner,” the meal.
- вечір means “evening,” the time of day. They are distinct nouns with different meanings.
Why is the imperfective verb готувати used here? When would you use a perfective form?
Imperfective готувати emphasizes the ongoing action of cooking. If you want to express completion or a single action, you’d use the perfective приготувати. For example:
- Imperfective (present): Кухар готує вечерю. (“The cook is preparing dinner.”)
- Perfective (future): Кухар приготУє вечерю. (“The cook will prepare dinner [to completion].”)
How do you ask “Who is cooking dinner?” in Ukrainian?
Use the question word хто (“who”) at the start: Хто готує вечерю?
How do you ask “What is the cook preparing?” in Ukrainian?
Use що (“what”) as the direct object: Що готує кухар?