Моя дочка грається в парку.

my

Breakdown of Моя дочка грається в парку.

• в: in
• парк: the park
• дочка: the daughter

Questions & Answers about Моя дочка грається в парку.

Why is the possessive pronoun моя used instead of мій?

In Ukrainian, possessive pronouns agree with the noun they modify in gender, number and case.

• дочка (daughter) is feminine, singular, nominative.
• The base pronoun мій (“my”) changes to моя in the feminine singular nominative.

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What is the difference between the verbs грати and гратися, and why is грається used here?

• грати is a transitive verb meaning “to play (something)”, e.g. грати музику (“to play music”). It usually takes a direct object.
• гратися is the reflexive/intransitive counterpart meaning “to play about; to be playing” with no direct object. It’s especially common when talking about children at play.
• Here, грається (3rd person singular present of гратися) simply means “is playing”.

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What grammatical case is парку, and why is it used after в?