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Questions & Answers about Серпень — гарний місяць.
Why is there a dash instead of a word for is?
In Ukrainian, the present-tense verb to be is often omitted in simple statements like this. So Серпень — гарний місяць literally looks like August — nice month, but it means August is a nice month.
The dash helps show the link between the two parts in writing. In speech, you would usually just hear a slight pause.
Why is there no word for a?
Ukrainian does not have articles, so there is no separate word for a/an/the.
That means гарний місяць can mean a nice month or, in some contexts, the nice month. Here, the natural English translation is a nice month.
What case are Серпень and місяць in?
Both are in the nominative singular.
- Серпень is the subject.
- гарний місяць is the predicate phrase describing or classifying it.
This is very common in present-tense sentences where to be is not expressed.
Why does гарний end in -ий?