Questions & Answers about Третій урок цікавий.
Why is there no article in Третій урок цікавий?
Why is the verb “is” missing in Третій урок цікавий?
What case is урок in, and why?
How do ordinal numbers like третій agree with nouns?
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).
Why does цікавий end in -ий?
Is the word order fixed in Ukrainian?
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.
How do you pronounce третій and цікавий?
• третій – [ˈtrɛ.tʲij] (“TREH-tee-yee”)
• цікавий – [ˈt͡si.ka.wɪj] (“TSEE-kah-vih”)
Stress falls on the first syllable in both words.
How would you change the sentence if “lesson” were feminine or plural?
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)
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