"Чия це вечеря?"

Translation: Whose dinner is this?

[Ephram-Tooma]

THIS SUPPER IS MINE IM EATING IT ALL

[Ser229339]

What is the meaning of this sentence?

[sagitta145]

It's very seldom used, I don't remember myself EVER using such sentence :)

If I see food on the table any time of the day and want to ask who it belongs to, I would say "Чиє це?" or "Чия це тарілка?" etc. This sentence does sound a bit unnatural to me.

[Eugene_Ukraine]

dont ask, just eat

[max.goncharuk]

If you see some set of the food on the table in the evening -- you can ask such question. Same could be applied to breakfast in the morning and lunch in the afternoon.

[DavidDubin1]

це is neuter, цей is masculine, and ця is for feminine. Correct? Вечеря is feminine. So why is it чия це вечеря rather than чия ця вечеря ?

[sagitta145]

Yes, це/цей/ця = n/m/f, corret. These pronouns mean "this" in an "adjective" sense, as in, they describe a noun: ця вечеря = this dinner.

Apart from that, це is a pronoun in a "noun" sense: it replaces a noun in a sentence. Це вечеря = this [is] dinner.

Чия це вечеря = Whose dinner is this?

Чия ця вечеря = Whose is this dinner?

[DavidDubin1]

Thanks very much sagitta145! That is a very clear reply, and that is exactly what I wanted to know.

[sagitta145]

Thanks, happy to help!

[Jean564934]

That is a very helpful explanation, thank you.

[ChristineM260772]

Sometimes its supper and sometimes its dinner. Not too happy that i have a 50/50 chance of getting it wrong. Am i missing something?