Ukrainian cases. Lesson 7

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Lesson 7: Давальний відмінок – Частина 2: Прикметники.
Dative – Part 2: Adjectives


Part 2 – The dative case of adjectives

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We will learn how to express well the adjectives in dative and will finish with this case for beginners.

Introduction to Ukrainian cases

Introduction to the dative case

When is the dative case used?

Generally, we use the dative case…

  • to express the indirect object:

  • to express someone’s age:

  • to say “I like, he likes, etc.” using the verb “подобається”:

  • to express someone’s mood:
Я даю книгу
моєму брату
I give my brother a book
Мені 30 років. Моєму брату 28 років I am 30 (years old). My brother is 28 (years old)
Мені подобається
фільм
I like the movie
Мені добре / моїй подрузі погано I feel fine / My friend is feeling bad

What will we learn in this lesson?

We are going to learn the dative case of different adjectives and pronouns.

Ukrainian vocabulary

Ukrainian vocabulary

Read, listen and repeat the basic vocabulary of this lesson.

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риба

fish

м’ясо

meat

скинути вагу / худнути (схутнути)

to lose weight

жарений

fried

смачний

yummy, delicious

корисний

healthy

картопля

potato

фінал конкурсу

finals (of a contest)

переможець

winner

спортивний

athletic, sporty

учасник

competitor, participant

молодший

youngest, junior, little

родич

relative

вишиванка

vyshyvanka (traditional Ukrainian shirt)

Ukrainian dialogues

Dialogues

Read, listen and pay attention to the cases used

Extra help: highlighted cases + tables

We have highlighted the words in dative. You can also look up these grammar tables while you read the dialogues:


These tables will open in a new window.

Ukrainian grammar

Ukrainian grammar

Read the following grammar summary. We will learn the cases from this lesson.

The dative Case: Adjetives

In the dialogues we have seen examples of Dative Case (Dat.) in adjectives. Below we will learn more about it.

Adjective + Noun in singular
We have highlighted the endings in the tables for each gender.
Adjective + Noun in plural
We have highlighted the endings in the tables for each gender.

Masculine: -ому

  • Це мій новий студент (Nom.). This is my new student.
  • Я роблю подарунок моєму новому студенту ((Dat.). I give a present to my new student.

Masculine: -ам

  • Це мої нові студенти (Nom.). These are my new students.
  • Я роблю подарунок моїм новим студентам (Dat.). I give a present to my new students.

Feminine: -ій

  • Це моя маленька сестра (Nom.). This is my little sister.
  • Я роблю подарунок моїй маленькій сестрі (Dat.). I give a present to my little sister.

Feminine: -им

  • Це мої маленькі сестри (Nom.). These are my little sisters.
  • Я роблю подарунок моїм маленьким сестрам (Dat.). I give a present to my little sisters.

Neuter: -ому

  • Це моє велике поле (Nom.). This is my big field.
  • Я роблю подарунок моєму великому полю (Dat.). I give a present to my big field.

Neuter: -им

  • Це мої великі поля (Nom.) These are my big fields.
  • Я роблю подарунок моїм великим полям (Dat.). I give a present to my big fields.
Ukrainian test

Test

Check if you know this lesson:

1. Choose the word in dative.
гарному
гарного
гарний

2. What is the dative of “погода”?
погоду
погоді
погодою

3. Which pronoun is NOT in the dative case?
моєму
моїй
мого

4. Tell the case of the highlighted word: Я даю подругам
dat. plural
dat. singular
gen. plural

4. What is the dative of “моя гарна лампа”?
моєї гарної лампи
моїй гарній лампі
мою гарну лампу



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