"I do not want to write!"
Translation:Я не хочу писати!
May 19, 2016
4 Comments
When do you translate to? I"ve seen some sentences, like 'he wants to play the banjo', where 'to play' is two words, and to is translated. Most of the time, though, it seems implied, and it isn't translated. How do you know the difference?
March 27, 2018
Carl_Ramrod
1040
In English, the infinitive form of a verb is two words ("to" + action word), but that's a peculiarity of English. The infinitive in Ukrainian (and Spanish, French, and German) is a single word.
June 2, 2019
Carl_Ramrod
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Is it acceptable to drop the pronoun in Ukrainian (as in Spanish)? For example, Google Translate renders this sentence as "Не хочу писати."
June 2, 2019
