Чотири людини тут.

A simple word-by-word breakdown is:

• чотири = four
• людини = people / persons in this counting pattern
• тут = here

So the whole sentence means There are four people here or Four people are here.

Because Ukrainian often leaves out the present-tense verb to be in simple sentences.

So where English says:

• There are four people here

Ukrainian can simply say:

• Чотири людини тут
• Тут чотири людини

Both are complete and natural.

You may also hear Тут є чотири людини, with є meaning something like there is/are, but in short everyday statements it is often omitted.

This is one of the most important grammar points in the sentence.

After два, три, чотири (two, three, four), Ukrainian usually uses a special counting form of the noun. With людина (person), that form is людини.

So you get:

• одна людина = one person
• дві людини = two people
• три людини = three people
• чотири людини = four people
• п’ять людей = five people

So чотири людини is the standard form here.
люди is the ordinary plural people, but it is not the usual form after чотири.

Yes, absolutely.

Ukrainian word order is more flexible than English word order. Both of these are possible:

• Чотири людини тут
• Тут чотири людини

The difference is mostly about emphasis:

• Тут чотири людини sounds a bit more neutral if you are just stating what is here.
• Чотири людини тут puts a little more focus on four people.

So the sentence you were given is correct, but a learner will also very commonly hear Тут чотири людини.

A rough English-friendly pronunciation is:

cho-TY-ry lyu-DY-ny toot

A few helpful notes:

• ч sounds like ch in church
• ю sounds like yu
• у sounds like oo in boot
• Ukrainian и does not sound exactly like English ee; it is shorter and more central

So try to say it smoothly as one phrase: cho-TY-ry lyu-DY-ny toot

No. Ukrainian does not have articles like English a/an and the.

So Чотири людини тут does not explicitly mark the difference between:

• four people are here
• the four people are here

Usually context tells you which meaning is intended. In many situations, the most natural English translation is simply There are four people here.

Here is the basic pattern:

• Одна людина тут. = One person is here.
• Дві людини тут. = Two people are here.
• Три людини тут. = Three people are here.
• Чотири людини тут. = Four people are here.
• П’ять людей тут. = Five people are here.

So the key thing to remember is:

• 1 → людина
• 2–4 → людини
• 5+ → людей

That pattern is very useful and comes up all the time.

No. тут is an adverb meaning here.

That means:

• it does not have gender
• it does not have number
• it does not change for case

So тут stays тут.
You can move it around in the sentence for emphasis, but its form does not change.

For example:

• Тут чотири людини.
• Чотири людини тут.

In both sentences, тут still just means here.