Перемішай карти.

Shuffle the playing cards.

Breakdown of Перемішай карти.

• карта: the playing card
• перемішати: to shuffle; mix

Questions & Answers about Перемішай карти.

What form is перемішай?

Перемішай is the imperative form, so it is used for giving a command or instruction: Mix / Shuffle!

More specifically, it is:

• 2nd person singular
• usually informal
• addressed to one person

So you would use it with a friend, child, family member, someone you know well, or in a casual setting.

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What is the infinitive of перемішай?

The infinitive is перемішати.

So the pattern is:

• перемішати = to mix, to shuffle, to stir up
• перемішай = mix!/shuffle!

This is a very common pattern in Ukrainian: the imperative is built from the infinitive stem.

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Why is перемішай perfective, and what difference does that make?