ukrainian

«ukrainian» in Mova's school dictionary: from or about Ukraine, a large country in eastern Europe — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (Ukrainian); noun (a Ukrainian, Ukrainians; Ukrainian — the language)

meaning for a pupil

1) (adjective) Ukrainian means from or about Ukraine, a large country in eastern Europe. tree →

2) (noun) A Ukrainian is a person from Ukraine. tree →

3) Ukrainian is the language spoken in Ukraine, a Slavic language written in the Cyrillic alphabet. tree →

sense 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.

In the corpora

• Okean Elzy is a Ukrainian rock band formed in 1994 and popular for decades.
• The bandura is a Ukrainian plucked string instrument; modern concert banduras have around 55 to 65 strings.
• Maria Prymachenko was a Ukrainian folk artist from the village of Bolotnia who painted bright, imaginary animals.
• Theatre can help people understand others' lives; since 2022 many theatres around the world have staged plays by and about Ukrainians.
• Hopak is a lively Ukrainian folk dance with big jumps and squat-kicks, linked to Cossack traditions.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ukrainian» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.