Липень теплий.

warm

Breakdown of Липень теплий.

• липень: July

Questions & Answers about Липень теплий.

Why is there no word for is in Липень теплий?

In Ukrainian, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.

So where English says:

• July is warm

Ukrainian commonly says simply:

• Липень теплий

This is completely normal and natural.

If you want past or future, you usually do use a form of бути:

• Липень був теплий = July was warm
• Липень буде теплий = July will be warm

What case is Липень in here?

Липень is in the nominative singular.

It is the subject of the sentence, so nominative is the expected form. The adjective теплий is also in the nominative singular because it agrees with Липень.

A learner may notice forms like липня elsewhere. That is a different case:

• липень = nominative
• липня = genitive

For example:

• У липні = in July (locative)
• До липня = until July (genitive)

But in Липень теплий, nominative is correct.

Why does теплий have that ending?