Money: hroshi, vystachae, plattyty za
Money exists only in the plural: velyki hroshi big money, bez hroshei, za hroshi. There is no singular, and the verb always agrees: hroshi zakinchylysia, the money ran out. For example: “На все грошей не вистачає” — There is not enough money for everything. A rule from the Ukrainian course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
Money exists only in the plural: velyki hroshi big money, bez hroshei, za hroshi. There is no singular, and the verb always agrees: hroshi zakinchylysia, the money ran out.
Enough and not enough are said impersonally, with vystachae plus the of form: vystachae hroshei, ne vystachae chasu, ne vystachae ruk. Nobody is the subject; the person is added in the to form: meni ne vystachae.
You pay za shcho — for the thing: plattyty za kvartyru, plattyty za proizd. What you pay with is a bare instrumental, no preposition: plattyty kartkoiu, plattyty hotivkoiu. The English for and with map one to one here.
Three prefixes on one root, worth sorting out at once. Plattyty pay in general, splatyty pay a bill off completely, zplatyty pay someone for something.
Table
| phrase | the tag it takes | example |
|---|---|---|
| vystachae | the of form | vystachae hroshei |
| plattyty za | object form | plattyty za vodu |
| pay with | the bare -om form | plattyty hotivkoiu |
| koshtuvaty | object form | koshtuie sto hryven |
By example
- На все грошей не вистачаєThere is not enough money for everything
- Я плачу за квартиру карткоюI pay the rent by card
- Треба сплатити податок до травняThe tax has to be paid by May
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
How to talk about money in Ukrainian: hroshi?
Money exists only in the plural: velyki hroshi big money, bez hroshei, za hroshi. There is no singular, and the verb always agrees: hroshi zakinchylysia, the money ran out.
What does it look like in an example sentence Ukrainian?
“На все грошей не вистачає” — There is not enough money for everything. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.