Настільна гра нудна.

The board game is boring.

Breakdown of Настільна гра нудна.

• настільна гра: the board game
• нудний: boring

Questions & Answers about Настільна гра нудна.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

In Ukrainian, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense.

So:

• Настільна гра нудна. = The board game is boring.

Literally, it is more like:

• Board game boring.

This is completely normal in Ukrainian.
If you want past or future, then forms of бути appear more clearly:

• Настільна гра була нудна. = The board game was boring.
• Настільна гра буде нудна. = The board game will be boring.

What does настільна гра mean exactly?

Настільна гра means board game.

It is made of:

• настільна = table / tabletop
• гра = game

So the literal idea is something like a tabletop game. This is the normal Ukrainian expression for board game.

Why does настільна end in -а?