Мокрі рукавички лежать на батареї, а сухий шарф висить на вішалці.

In everyday Ukrainian, батарея very often means a radiator/heater in a room, not just an electric battery.

So in this sentence:

• на батареї = on the radiator

This is a very common usage. If the context is home, winter, drying clothes, heating, etc., батарея will usually be understood as radiator.

Because the adjective has to agree with the noun in gender, number, and case.

• рукавички = plural, so the adjective is plural too: мокрі
• шарф = masculine singular, so the adjective is masculine singular: сухий

So:

• мокрі рукавички = wet gloves
• сухий шарф = dry scarf

This agreement is one of the most important patterns in Ukrainian grammar.

Yes. Рукавички means gloves, so it is plural here. Because the subject is plural, the verb is also plural:

• рукавички лежать = the gloves are lying

Compare that with the singular subject:

• шарф висить = the scarf is hanging

So the verbs match the subject:

• plural subject → лежать
• singular subject → висить

Ukrainian often uses different verbs depending on the physical position of an object.

• лежати / лежать = to lie, to be lying
• висіти / висить = to hang, to be hanging

So:

• рукавички лежать на батареї = the gloves are lying/on the radiator
• шарф висить на вішалці = the scarf is hanging on the hanger

English often uses is/are more generally, but Ukrainian prefers these more specific position verbs.

Because after на when it means on in the sense of location, Ukrainian usually uses the locative case.

So:

• батарея → на батареї
• вішалка → на вішалці

This is the normal pattern for saying where something is:

• на столі = on the table
• на стіні = on the wall
• на батареї = on the radiator
• на вішалці = on the hanger

А often means and, but with a slight contrast or comparison.

In this sentence:

• Мокрі рукавички лежать на батареї, а сухий шарф висить на вішалці.

It feels like:

• The wet gloves are on the radiator, while the dry scarf is hanging on the hanger.

So а is not exactly the same as simple і or та. It often connects two things while highlighting a difference between them.

Here the contrast is:

• wet gloves vs dry scarf
• on the radiator vs on the hanger

Yes, historically рукавички comes from a diminutive form, but in modern Ukrainian it is a very normal everyday word for gloves.

Useful forms:

• singular: рукавичка = glove
• plural: рукавички = gloves

So even though it may look diminutive in origin, learners should treat it as a standard common word.

They are in the nominative case because they are the subjects of the sentence.

• рукавички = subject of лежать
• шарф = subject of висить

The sentence structure is basically:

• [subject] + [verb] + [location]

So:

• Мокрі рукавички — nominative plural
• сухий шарф — nominative singular masculine

Yes, Ukrainian word order is more flexible than English, although the original version sounds natural and neutral.

Original:

• Мокрі рукавички лежать на батареї, а сухий шарф висить на вішалці.

You could also say:

• На батареї лежать мокрі рукавички, а на вішалці висить сухий шарф.

That version puts more emphasis on the locations first.

So the word order can change for emphasis, but the case endings help show what each word is doing.

Вішалка can mean a hanger or a coat rack / hanging stand, depending on context.

In this sentence, на вішалці most naturally means:

• on a hanger or
• on the coat rack

If you need absolute precision, context usually makes it clear. Ukrainian often allows this kind of broader meaning.

A helpful pronunciation guide is:

• мокрі
• рукавички
• лежать
• батареї
• сухий
• висить
• вішалці

So the full sentence is pronounced roughly as:

• мокрі рукавички лежать на батареї, а сухий шарф висить на вішалці.

Stress is important in Ukrainian, so it is worth learning words together with their stress.

Then both the adjective and the verb would need to become plural.

Singular:

• сухий шарф висить = the dry scarf is hanging

Plural:

• сухі шарфи висять = the dry scarves are hanging

So you would change:

• сухий → сухі
• шарф → шарфи
• висить → висять

This is another example of agreement between subject and adjective/verb.

Yes, it is present tense.

But Ukrainian does not need a separate present-tense verb to be in sentences like the scarf is dry. In this sentence, though, you already have full verbs:

• лежать = are lying
• висить = is hanging

So there is no missing verb. The main verbs are already there, and they express both the action/state and the present tense.