Жовтень гарний.

October is beautiful.

Breakdown of Жовтень гарний.

• гарний: beautiful
• жовтень: October

Questions & Answers about Жовтень гарний.

How do I pronounce Жовтень гарний?

A rough English-friendly pronunciation is:

• Жовтень ≈ ZHOHV-tenʹ
• гарний ≈ har-NYY

A few key sounds:

• ж sounds like the s in measure
• г in Ukrainian is usually not a hard g; it sounds more like a soft, voiced h
• ь is a soft sign: it does not make a vowel sound by itself, but it softens the consonant before it, so нь sounds like a soft n
• The stress is:
  • ЖОвтень
  • гарНИЙ

So the whole sentence is roughly:

ZHOHV-tenʹ har-NYY

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

Because in Ukrainian, the present-tense verb to be is usually not said in simple sentences like this.

So:

• Жовтень гарний. = October is beautiful / nice.

This is completely normal Ukrainian.

English needs is, but Ukrainian usually leaves it out in the present tense when linking a subject with an adjective or noun.

Why is гарний in this form?