Ukrainian

A Comprehensive Grammar

By: Ian Press, Stefan Pugh

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Paperback | 12 August 1999 | Edition Number 1

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Ukrainian: A Comprehensive Grammar is a complete reference guide to modern Ukrainian grammar.
The authors have consulted a great number of sources, in addition to a wide range of native speakers. The result is the first true reference grammar of Ukrainian to be published outside Ukraine, it will be the standard reference work for years to come.
The volume is organized to enable students of the language to find the information they seek quickly and easily, and to promote a thorough understanding of Ukrainian grammar. It presents the complexities of the language in a systematic and user-friendly form.
Features include
* detailed tables in each chapter for easy reference
* numerous examples throughout
* thorough descriptions of all parts of speech
* list of grammatical terms in English and Ukrainian
* complete descriptions of the word-formational processes of Ukrainian
* an overview of past and present changes in the language
* bibliography of works relating to Ukrainian
* full index.

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Preface	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Historical background	p. 1
Ukrainian today, the lexicon	p. 2
Shared East Slavonic lexicon	p. 3
Polish lexicon	p. 4
Russian lexicon	p. 6
Ukrainian today	p. 7
Abbreviations used	p. 8
Glossary of grammatical terms used in this book	p. 9
Ukrainian grammatical terms	p. 12
Basic greetings	p. 15
Interjections	p. 16
Sounds and spelling	p. 18
A general guide to the Ukrainian alphabet and pronunciation	p. 18
The pronunciation and sound system of Ukrainian	p. 22
Preamble	p. 22
The vowel system	p. 22
The consonant system	p. 23
Stress	p. 24
Voiced and voiceless consonants, assimilation	p. 25
The consonant [characters not reproducible/v]	p. 27
Hard and soft consonants	p. 27
The soft sign	p. 30
The apostrophe	p. 31
Consonant alternations	p. 32
The alternations [characters not reproducible]-[i], [characters not reproducible]-[i]	p. 35
Consonant groups: assimilation	p. 36
Consonant groups: simplification	p. 38
Gemination and lengthening of consonants	p. 40
A few notes on problem areas in spelling	p. 42
[small o] and [small ie] after hushers and [j]	p. 42
Velars plus [I, i]	p. 42
The alternations [u-w-v/characters not reproducible], [i-j] in spelling	p. 43
Foreign words	p. 43
The noun	p. 47
General remarks	p. 47
Gender	p. 47
Nouns ending in a consonant	p. 48
Hard consonants, almost all masculine	p. 48
Nouns ending in a final hard labial	p. 49
Soft consonants can be masculine or feminine	p. 50
Personal names ending in a consonant	p. 51
Nouns ending in a vowel: -[small a]/-[small ya]	p. 51
The marker -[small a]/-[small ya] is essentially feminine	p. 51
Common gender words ending in -[small a]/-[small ya]	p. 52
Neuters in -[small a]/-[small ya]	p. 53
Personal names ending in -[small a]/-[small ya]	p. 54
Indeclinable nouns ending in -[small a]	p. 54
Nouns ending in a vowel: -[small o]/-[small ie]	p. 55
Most nouns in -[small o]/-[small ie] are neuter	p. 55
Non-neuter native Ukrainian nouns ending in -[small o]/-[small ie]	p. 55
Borrowings ending in -[small o]/-[small ie]	p. 56
Nouns ending in vowels other than -[small o]/-[small ie]	p. 57
Number	p. 58
The cases: basic meanings	p. 58
Declension: introduction	p. 59
Declension of feminine nouns	p. 60
Feminine declensions ending in a vowel (-[small a]): hard stems	p. 60
Feminine declensions ending in a vowel (-[small a]): soft stems	p. 62
Feminine declensions ending in a vowel (-[small a]): mixed stems	p. 64
Feminine declensions ending in a consonant: soft stems	p. 65
Feminine declensions ending in a consonant: mixed stems	p. 66
Irregular feminine nouns	p. 67
Declension of masculine nouns	p. 69
Masculine nouns ending in a vowel (-[small a])	p. 69
Masculine nouns ending in a consonant: hard stems	p. 70
Masculine nouns ending in a vowel (-[small o])	p. 74
Masculine nouns ending in a consonant: soft stems	p. 74
Masculine nouns ending in a consonant: mixed stems	p. 78
Pluralia tantum nouns; nouns in -[small i small en]	p. 79
Declension of neuter nouns	p. 80
Neuter nouns: hard stems	p. 80
Neuter nouns: soft stems	p. 83
Neuter nouns: soft stems in -[small ya]	p. 84
Neuter nouns: mixed stems	p. 86
Neuter nouns: mixed stems in -[small ya]: hidden consonant stems	p. 87
Indeclinable nouns	p. 88
Declension of proper names (people)	p. 89
Declension of masculine surnames	p. 90
Declension of feminine surnames	p. 92
Syntax of the noun	p. 93
The cases	p. 93
The nominative case	p. 93
The accusative case	p. 95
The genitive case	p. 97
The dative case	p. 99
The locative case	p. 102
The instrumental case	p. 102
The vocative case	p. 105
Syntax of case: the preposition	p. 105
Alphabetical list of Ukrainian prepositions	p. 106
Case government of Ukrainian prepositions	p. 109
Prepositions governing the genitive	p. 109
Prepositions governing the accusative	p. 112
Prepositions governing the dative	p. 114
Prepositions governing the locative	p. 115
Prepositions governing the instrumental	p. 120
Substantial word formation	p. 124
Suffixal word formation	p. 124
Prefixal word formation	p. 135
Compounding	p. 141
Compounding without suffixation	p. 142
Compounding with suffixation	p. 142
Compounds incorporating abbreviations	p. 144
The adjective	p. 145
General	p. 145
Declension	p. 148
General	p. 148
Hard-stem adjectives	p. 148
Possessive adjectives	p. 149
Soft-stem adjectives	p. 150
Adjectives in -[small tse]-	p. 150
The adjectival declension of surnames	p. 150
Comparison	p. 151
Comparatives	p. 151
Regular comparatives	p. 151
Irregular comparatives	p. 151
The analytic or compound comparative	p. 152
Usage and 'than'	p. 153
Superlatives	p. 154
The formation of adjectives	p. 154
Suffixes	p. 155
Prefixes	p. 162
Prefix + suffix	p. 164
Compound adjectives	p. 164
Using adjectives	p. 166
General	p. 166
Adjectives constructed with cases and prepositional phrases	p. 167
Adjective + genitive	p. 167
Adjective + dative	p. 167
Adjective + accusative	p. 168
Adjective + instrumental	p. 168
Adjectives constructed with prepositional phrases	p. 168
Genitive	p. 168
Accusative	p. 169
Instrumental	p. 170
Locative	p. 170
Adjectives constructed with infinitives and adverbs	p. 171
'Too X'	p. 171
The pronoun	p. 173
General	p. 173
Personal pronouns	p. 173
Possessive pronouns	p. 176
Interrogative and relative pronouns	p. 178
'Who?' and 'What?'	p. 178
[small shcha small o] in relative clauses	p. 179
'Whose?'	p. 179
'What sort of?'-'Which?'	p. 180
'How much?'-'How many?'	p. 181
Demonstrative pronouns	p. 181
'This' and 'That'	p. 182
'This is', 'That is'	p. 183
Indefinite, negative, and distributive pronouns	p. 183
'All'	p. 183
Indefinites and distributives	p. 184
Negative pronouns	p. 186
The numeral	p. 189
Summary table of cardinal, collective, and ordinal numerals	p. 189
The cardinals and collectives	p. 190
[capital O small de small short i small en]	p. 191
[characters not reproducible]	p. 191
[capital PE small ya small te small be] and above	p. 192
Selected paradigms	p. 193
Collectives	p. 194
Approximation	p. 196
Distribution	p. 196
The ordinals	p. 197
Time expressions	p. 197
Years	p. 197
Hours (time of day)	p. 197
Fractions	p. 198
Indefinite quantifiers	p. 200
Compounds	p. 201
The verb	p. 203
General	p. 203
Aspect and tense	p. 203
Aspectual pairs	p. 204
Type 1: prefixation	p. 205
Type 2: -[small i small te small i]: -[small a small te small i]	p. 206
Type 3: suffixation and root enlargement	p. 207
Type 4: perfectives in -[small en small u]-	p. 207
Type 5: place of stress	p. 208
Type 6: suppletion	p. 209
Verbs of motion: determinate and indeterminate	p. 209
Conjugation	p. 210
The infinitive	p. 211
The non-past	p. 211
Conjugation I	p. 212
Stems in vowel + j	p. 213
Consonant stems	p. 215
Stems with consonant mutations: -[small a small te small i] (-i[small te small i]	p. 218
Stems with the suffix -[small en small u]-	p. 219
Irregular Conjugation I verbs	p. 219
'To be'	p. 220
'To have'	p. 220
Conjugation II	p. 220
The -[small i]- type--stress patterns and consonant mutations	p. 221
A few stems in -[small zhe small a small te small i], -[small che small a small te small i], -[small shcha small a small te small i]	p. 223
Stems in -i[small te small i]	p. 223
Stems in -[small o small ya small te small i]	p. 224
Consonant + -[small te small i]	p. 224
Irregular Conjugation II verbs	p. 224
The past	p. 225
Infinitives in vowel + -[small te small i]	p. 225
Infinitives in consonant + -[small te small i]	p. 226
Irregular verbs	p. 227
The future	p. 227
Perfective future	p. 228
Imperfective future: analytic and synthetic	p. 228
The imperative	p. 229
Participles and gerunds	p. 231
Active participles (present and past)	p. 231
Passive participles	p. 232
Present gerund (verbal adverb)	p. 235
Past gerund (verbal adverb)	p. 236
The use of the verb	p. 236
Agreement	p. 236
The use of the infinitive	p. 237
The infinitive as subject of the sentence	p. 237
The infinitive in the predicate	p. 237
Verbs requiring the use of an infinitive	p. 239
Verbs of obligation or necessity + infinitive	p. 240
The infinitive in place of the imperative	p. 240
Intransitive vs. transitive: -[small es small ya] verbs	p. 240
Transitive verbs with an accusative direct object	p. 241
Intransitive verbs without -[small es small ya]	p. 241
Intransitive verbs with -[small es small ya]	p. 241
Reflexive or reciprocal verbs with -[small es small ya]	p. 243
Aspect	p. 244
Tense	p. 244
Sequence of actions	p. 244
The use of imperatives	p. 245
Positive commands: [small te small i] and [capital Be small i]	p. 246
Negative commands: [small te small i] and [capital Be small i]	p. 246
Inclusive ('Let's') commands	p. 247
Third-person commands	p. 247
Use of the verbs of motion	p. 248
Indeterminates	p. 248
Determinates	p. 248
Perfectives	p. 249
Results of an action: in force or annulled	p. 250
The passive	p. 250
Use of the past passive participle (PPP.): attributive	p. 250
Use of the PPP.: predicative	p. 251
Passive constructions with -[small es small ya] verbs	p. 252
Passive constructions with the 3pl. form of the verb	p. 252
The use of the gerund	p. 253
[small en small ie] + gerunds	p. 254
The conditional	p. 254
Verbs requiring cases other than the accusative	p. 255
Verbs governing the genitive	p. 255
Verbs governing both the accusative and the genitive	p. 256
Verbs governing the dative	p. 256
Verbs governing the instrumental	p. 257
Verbs used in conjunction with prepositions	p. 257
Verbal word formation	p. 258
Prefixation	p. 258
Multiple prefixation	p. 264
Prefixed verbs + -[small es small ya]	p. 266
Verb formation from other parts of speech	p. 267
The adverb and adverbial constructions	p. 270
General	p. 270
Deadjectival adverbs: formation	p. 270
Use of the deadjectival adverb	p. 271
'It' is ...--impersonal constructions	p. 272
Numerical adverbs	p. 272
Adverbs of location	p. 273
Interrogatives	p. 273
Statements of location	p. 273
Indefinites	p. 275
Negatives	p. 275
Adverbs of time and time expressions	p. 275
Interrogatives of time	p. 276
Statements of time	p. 276
General	p. 276
The day	p. 277
The seasons, year ('this', 'last', 'next')	p. 277
Days of the week, months of the year	p. 278
Miscellaneous	p. 278
Indefinites	p. 279
Negatives	p. 279
Quantitative adverbs (adverbs of degree)	p. 279
Adverbs of manner	p. 280
'In language X'	p. 281
Indefinites	p. 281
Adverbialized gerunds and participles	p. 281
Adverbial comparatives and superlatives	p. 282
Adverbial modal constructions (necessity, obligation, possibility)	p. 283
Other interrogative adverbs; 'yes', 'no', 'not'	p. 284
The conjunction	p. 286
General	p. 286
Using conjunctions	p. 289
Concatenation	p. 289
Coordination with conjunctions	p. 290
Within a single clause	p. 290
Correlation: i ([small short i]), [small te small a], ([small a])[small i]i, and so on	p. 290
Contrast	p. 291
Separation: [characters not reproducible]	p. 291
Within the composite sentence	p. 291
Coordination: [characters not reproducible]	p. 291
Contrast: [characters not reproducible]	p. 291
Separation: [characters not reproducible]	p. 292
Subordination with conjunctions	p. 292
Noun or final clauses, and indirect speech	p. 293
The indirect y/n question	p. 294
Other indirect questions	p. 294
Adjectival or relative clauses: [characters not reproducible]	p. 295
Adverbial or oblique clauses	p. 297
Paired and repeated conjunctions	p. 304
Notes	p. 306
Selected bibliography and references	p. 309
Index	p. 312
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