Questions & Answers about Третій урок цікавий.
Ordinal numerals in Ukrainian function like adjectives. They must match the noun in three ways:
• Gender (masculine, feminine, neuter)
• Number (singular, plural)
• Case (nominative, accusative, etc.)
Here урок is masculine singular nominative, so we use третій (masculine sg nom).
No, Ukrainian has a relatively free word order thanks to its rich case system.
For example, you could also say:
• Цікавий третій урок (emphasizing that it is interesting)
• Урок третій цікавий (less common, poetic)
But Третій урок цікавий is the neutral, straightforward S-P structure.
• третій – [ˈtrɛ.tʲij] (“TREH-tee-yee”)
• цікавий – [ˈt͡si.ka.wɪj] (“TSEE-kah-vih”)
Stress falls on the first syllable in both words.
You must adapt both the ordinal and the adjective to agree in gender/number:
• Feminine: третя тема цікава (“the third topic is interesting”)
– третя (f sg nom), цікава (f sg nom)
• Plural: треті уроки цікаві (“the third lessons are interesting”)
– треті (pl nom), цікаві (pl nom)