Перемішай і роздай колоду перед раундом.

Перемішай is the imperative form, meaning a command: shuffle!

More specifically:

• it is 2nd person singular
• it is used when speaking to one person in an informal way
• it comes from the verb перемішати / перемішувати, meaning to mix, shuffle

So here it means Shuffle ...

If you were speaking politely or to more than one person, you would say:

• Перемішайте

Because the sentence is giving instructions.

Both:

• Перемішай = shuffle
• роздай = deal out / distribute

are imperatives, so the whole sentence sounds like a direct instruction, like in game rules or when telling a player what to do.

In English, this is similar to:

• Shuffle and deal the deck before the round.

Роздай comes from роздати, which means to hand out, distribute, deal out.

In card-game context, роздати колоду or more naturally роздати карти means to deal the cards.

So роздай is not just give in a general sense. It suggests giving things out to several people or places.

In this sentence, because the object is колоду (the deck), the meaning is clearly card-related:

• shuffle and deal the deck

Because колоду is the accusative singular form of колода.

Here, колода is the direct object of the verbs перемішай and роздай, so it must go in the accusative case.

Declension:

• nominative: колода = a deck
• accusative: колоду = a deck as the object

This is very common with feminine nouns ending in -а:

• книга → книгу
• машина → машину
• колода → колоду

Because the preposition перед normally takes the instrumental case when it means before or in front of.

So:

• раунд = round
• instrumental singular = раундом

That gives:

• перед раундом = before the round

This same pattern appears in many phrases:

• перед грою = before the game
• перед уроком = before the lesson
• перед початком = before the start

No, раунд is a loanword, ultimately from English round.

It is common in contexts like:

• games
• sports
• competitions

Ukrainian also has native or less Anglicized alternatives depending on context, but раунд is perfectly normal here, especially in modern gaming language.

Because Ukrainian does not have articles like a / an / the.

Whether something is definite or indefinite is understood from:

• context
• word order
• the situation

So колоду can mean:

• a deck
• the deck

And перед раундом can mean:

• before a round
• before the round

In your sentence, context makes it natural to understand it as:

• the deck
• the round

Yes. Ukrainian word order is more flexible than English, because cases show grammatical roles.

The sentence:

• Перемішай і роздай колоду перед раундом.

is natural and clear.

But you could also hear variations such as:

• Перед раундом перемішай і роздай колоду.

This puts more emphasis on before the round.

Even though word order can change, not every order sounds equally natural in every context. The original sentence sounds like a straightforward instruction.

It is understandable, but many speakers might more naturally say:

• роздай карти = deal the cards

Why? Because in card games, what you usually deal is the cards, not literally the whole deck.

So:

• Перемішай і роздай карти перед раундом.

may sound more idiomatic in many situations.

Still, колоду is not confusing. It clearly refers to the deck of cards and works in instruction-like language.

Both imperatives are perfective:

• перемішай
• роздай

Perfective verbs are often used in commands when the focus is on completing an action:

• shuffle it
• deal it out

This fits game instructions well, because the speaker wants the actions done as complete steps before the round starts.

If you used imperfective commands instead, the nuance could be more like:

• do this as an ongoing process
• do this habitually
• be in the act of doing this

In practical learner terms, the perfective here sounds like:

• Do these actions fully, once, now.

You would use the plural/polite imperative forms:

• Перемішайте і роздайте колоду перед раундом.

Changes:

• Перемішай → Перемішайте
• роздай → роздайте

This form is used:

• for you all
• for formal you
• when speaking politely to one person

A simple approximate pronunciation is:

Pe-re-mi-SHAI i roz-DAI ko-LO-du pe-red RAUN-dom

A few helpful notes:

• ш sounds like sh
• й at the end of перемішай and роздай gives the final -ai / -ay sound
• колоду has stress on -ло-
• раундом keeps the ау sound similar to ow in English cow, though not exactly the same

The main stresses are:

• переміша́й
• розда́й
• коло́ду
• ра́ундом

І simply means and.

So:

• Перемішай і роздай колоду... = Shuffle and deal the deck...

You normally keep it, because it cleanly links the two commands.

Sometimes Ukrainian may use та instead of і, and both can mean and:

• Перемішай та роздай колоду...

But і is the most neutral and common choice here.