ukrainian
adjective (Ukrainian); noun (a Ukrainian, Ukrainians; Ukrainian — the language)
Everyday
- (adjective) Ukrainian means from or about Ukraine, a large country in eastern Europe. tree →
- (noun) A Ukrainian is a person from Ukraine. tree →
- Ukrainian is the language spoken in Ukraine, a Slavic language written in the Cyrillic alphabet. tree →
In the lessons
Used in geography and lessons about languages and cultures: Ukrainian food (borscht, varenyky), Ukrainian flag (blue and yellow), Ukrainian Easter eggs (pysanky). Many schools have Ukrainian pupils who speak Ukrainian and English.
Examples
- She speaks Ukrainian and English. tree →
- The Ukrainian flag is blue and yellow. tree →
- Our new classmate is Ukrainian. tree →
- Borscht is a famous Ukrainian soup. tree →
- Ukrainian is written in the Cyrillic alphabet. tree →
- We painted eggs in the Ukrainian style. tree →
- Kyiv is the Ukrainian capital. tree →
Note
Always write with a capital U: Ukrainian. Say "Ukraine", not "the Ukraine". Ukrainian is a Slavic language.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «ukrainian» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «ukrainian» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ukrainian/