Собака кульгає.

the dog

Breakdown of Собака кульгає.

• кульгати: to limp

Questions & Answers about Собака кульгає.

How do I pronounce Собака кульгає?

A good approximation is:

so-BA-ka kul-HA-ye

A few useful pronunciation notes:

• собака = stress on -ба-
• кульгає = stress on -га-
• Ukrainian г is usually pronounced like a soft h sound, not like the hard English g in go
• є here sounds roughly like ye

So кульгає is not kul-ga-ye, but closer to kul-ha-ye.

Why is there no word for the or a?

Ukrainian does not have articles like English a/an or the.

So:

• Собака can mean a dog or the dog
• The exact meaning depends on context

That is completely normal in Ukrainian.

What case is собака in here?

It is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence — the thing doing the action.

Here:

• собака = the dog
• кульгає = limps / is limping

So собака is the one performing the action, which is why nominative is used.