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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ukrainian/#m1)

2) (noun) A Ukrainian is a person from Ukraine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ukrainian/#m2)

3) Ukrainian is the language spoken in Ukraine, a Slavic language written in the Cyrillic alphabet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ukrainian/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ukrainian/#x1)
- The Ukrainian flag is blue and yellow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ukrainian/#x2)
- Our new classmate is Ukrainian. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ukrainian/#x3)
- Borscht is a famous Ukrainian soup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ukrainian/#x4)
- Ukrainian is written in the Cyrillic alphabet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ukrainian/#x5)
- We painted eggs in the Ukrainian style. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ukrainian/#x6)
- Kyiv is the Ukrainian capital. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ukrainian/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/5-the-songs-on-everyones-phone-streaming-playlists-earworms/14/)
- [The bandura is a Ukrainian plucked string instrument; modern concert banduras have around 55 to 65 strings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo/5/)
- [Maria Prymachenko was a Ukrainian folk artist from the village of Bolotnia who painted bright, imaginary animals.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/16-famous-artists-simply/8/)
- [Theatre can help people understand others' lives; since 2022 many theatres around the world have staged plays by and about Ukrainians.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/27-theatre-stage-actors-backstage/13/)
- [Hopak is a lively Ukrainian folk dance with big jumps and squat-kicks, linked to Cossack traditions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ukrainian» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/ukrainian/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.