"Ukraine is a big country."

Translation: Украина - большая страна.

[Gotenks33]

What's the difference between Украина страна большая and большая страна?

[Larisa_L]

There is no difference in meaning, but the latter word order is way more frequent.

[QurtQurt]

"Украина страна большая" sounds solemn.

[Aleks242943]

Why is it это and not эта

[Larisa_L]

It is a country - Это страна.
It is a house - Это дом.
It is a bucket - Это ведро.

this country - эта страна (женский род)
this house - этот дом (мужской род)
this bucket - это ведро (средний род)

[duuuuuoo]

I put ... украина это болшая страна ... and it was marked correct, please explain this difference if anyone knows.

[duuuuuoo]

• большая

[Larisa_L]

There is no difference, это is optional in such definitions.

[Stephen-Ruski]

Why do you not say: Украина находится большая страна...?

[E-chan.]

Находится means "located" or "situated". What you wrote means "Ukraine is located a large country". It doesn't make any sense.

You can use this word in a sentence like "Украина находится в Европе." - "Ukraine is located in Europe." = "Ukraine is in Europe."

[CraigTille4]

Why did I get this wrong when I put "Украина большая страна"? All I did was leave out the hyphen?