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Ukrainian Adjectives

This is a list of adjectives in Ukrainian. This can enable you describe different sizes and a variety of qualities such as (easy, difficult...).

Big: великий
velykyy
Small: маленький
malenʹkyy
Long: довгий
dovhyy
Short: короткий, низький
korotkyy, nyzʹkyy
Tall: високий
vysokyy
Thick: товстий
tovstyy
Thin: тонкий, худий
tonkyy, khudyy
Wide: широкий
shyrokyy

This table provides a list of adjectives of quality shown below. These are some of the most used adjectives in Ukrainian.

Bad: поганий
pohanyy
Good: хороший
khoroshyy
Easy: легкий
lehkyy
Difficult: важкий
vazhkyy
Expensive: дорогий
dorohyy
Cheap: дешевий
deshevyy
Fast: швидкий
shvydkyy
Slow: повільний
povilʹnyy
Old: старий
staryy
Old: старий, давнішній
staryy, davnishniy
Young: молодий
molodyy
New: новий
novyy
Heavy: важкий
vazhkyy
Light: легкий
lehkyy
Empty: порожній
porozhniy
Full: повний
povnyy
Right: правильний
pravylʹnyy
Wrong: неправильний, хибний
nepravylʹnyy, khybnyy
Strong: потужний, міцний
potuzhnyy, mitsnyy
Weak: слабкий
slabkyy

These samples show how adjectives are used in Ukrainian. Used in these examples with nouns, prepositions and pronouns.

Is this a new or old book?: Ця книжка нова чи стара?
Tsya knyzhka nova chy stara?
Is the test easy or difficult?: цей іспит легкий чи важкий?
tsey ispyt lehkyy chy vazhkyy?
Am I right or wrong?: Я правий чи помиляюся?
YA pravyy chy pomylyayusya?
This is very expensive: Це дуже дорого
Tse duzhe doroho
Is he younger or older than you?: Він старший чи молодший від тебе?
Vin starshyy chy molodshyy vid tebe?
Is she tall?: Вона висока?
Vona vysoka?

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