Word
Це нічия.
Meaning
It is a draw.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Це нічия.
How do you pronounce Це нічия?
A good English approximation is tseh nee-chy-YA.
- Це = tseh
- нічия = nee-chy-YA
The stress is on the last syllable of нічия: нічия́.
Why is there no word for is in this sentence?
In Ukrainian, the present-tense verb to be is usually left out in simple sentences like this.
So:
- Це нічия literally looks like This a draw
- but it naturally means This is a draw or It’s a tie
You will see this very often in Ukrainian:
- Це проблема. = This is a problem.
- Це правда. = That’s true / This is the truth.
Using є here is usually unnecessary and sounds less natural in a basic sentence.
What does це mean here?