Я пам’ятаю те місце.

I remember that place.

Breakdown of Я пам’ятаю те місце.

• я: I
• місце: the place
• те: that
• пам’ятати: to remember

Questions & Answers about Я пам’ятаю те місце.

What role does the apostrophe play in пам’ятаю?

The apostrophe in пам’ятаю marks that the following я is a separate sound /ja/ and does not palatalize the preceding consonant. Without it, м would soften. So пам’ятаю is pronounced [pɐm-ˈjɑtɑju], not [pɐmj-ˈjɑtɑju].

What is the grammatical form of пам’ятаю?

пам’ятаю is a first-person singular present tense verb, imperfective aspect. Literally “I remember” or “I am remembering.”

Why is the subject pronoun я included? Can it be dropped?

Ukrainian verbs are inflected for person, so я (I) can be dropped: Пам’ятаю те місце. Including я adds emphasis or clarity, especially in speech or writing where you want to stress “I, personally, remember that place.”

What case is те місце, and why does it look like the nominative?

те місце is in the accusative case as the direct object of the verb пам’ятаю. Because місце is an inanimate neuter noun, its accusative form is identical to the nominative.

Why use те instead of це before місце?

Both are demonstratives, but:

• це місце = “this place” (nearby or just mentioned).
• те місце = “that place” (more distant in space, time, or discourse).
  Here те місце suggests a particular place already in focus or contrasted with others.

Why is the verb in the present tense, even though the memory refers to the past?

Ukrainian uses the present tense of пам’ятати to express a current state of remembering. In English we say “I remember,” which is also present simple, even if the event remembered happened long ago.

What is the difference between the imperfective пам’ятати and perfective memory verbs?

• Imperfective пам’ятати focuses on the ongoing state of remembering: Я пам’ятаю = “I remember.”
• Perfective verbs like запам’ятати (“to memorize/commit to memory”) or згадати (“to recall once”) emphasize the action or moment of memorizing or recalling.

How is Я пам’ятаю те місце pronounced, including stress?

IPA approximation: [jɑ pɐm-ˈjɑtɑju te̞ ˈmʲisʲtʲe]. Stress falls on the second syllable of пам’ятаю (–’я–).

Can word order change here? For example, Те місце я пам’ятаю?

Yes. Ukrainian has relatively free word order. Placing те місце at the beginning (Те місце я пам’ятаю) adds contrast or topicalization: “That place, I remember (unlike other places).”