To make a plural form of a noun we need to know the gender and the group of nouns it belongs to. As you remember from the previous lesson there are three groups of nouns: hard, soft and mixed.

The way noun endings change depends not only on their number and gender, but also on the declension (grammatical group) each noun belongs to. Each group represents a particular set of case endings for gender, number, and case.

Indefinite pronouns in Ukrainian are used to refer to unspecified or unknown people or things. They do not point to a specific noun, but instead refer to general or indefinite concepts. The Indefinite pronouns are formed by adding particles: "

Days of the week (Дні ти́жня) Понеді́лок - Monday Вівто́рок - Tuesday Середа́ - Wednesday Четве́р - Thursday П'я́тниця - Friday Субо́та - Saturday Неді́ля - Sunday День - Day Ти́ждень - Week Вихідні́ - the weekend

Possessive pronouns in Ukrainian are used to indicate ownership or possession of a noun. They are declined to match the gender and number of the noun they are modifying. MasculineFeminineNeuterPluralMyміймоя́моє́мої́Your(singular)твійтвоя́твоє́твої́His, itsйого́*його́його́його́Herїї́*її́її́її́Ourнашна́шана́шена́шіYour (plural)вашва́шава́шева́шіTheirї́хнійї́хняї́хнєї́хніone’s own**свійсвоя́своє́свої́* these pronouns are the same for all genders and cases!

Interrogative and relative pronouns are important parts of speech in Ukrainian language. Interrogative pronouns are used to make questions. The relative pronouns use the same words, but they function as a connection between independent and relative clauses.

The Ukrainian present tense is used to describe actions or states that are currently happening or are ongoing. Verbs in the present tense agree in person and number with the subject of the sentence.

Verb (дієсло́во) is a word that describes the state or action of an object. Хло́пець чита́є кни́гу. - The boy reads the book. Ukrainian verbs have the following grammatical categories: Tense: past, present and future.

All nouns in Ukrainian have a grammatical gender: masculine, feminine and neuter. The feminine form of occupation name is constructed by adding a suffix "-к-", "-иц-", "-ин-" or "-ес-" to the masculine form. The masculine form is perceived as the neutral name of the occupation, which can be used for men and women.

Personal pronouns (особо́ві займе́нники) are words used to represent people or things. Ukrainian has two singular "you". One is informal (ти), the other is formal (ви). SingularPluralя – Iми – weти – you (informal),