This will be the easiest of the Ukrainian cases. Why? Because it's just the word in its basic form. No conjugations and no changes. If you look the word up in the dictionary, the word will be in nominative case. 

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The nominative case is the subject of the sentence but we can also use this case as a way of naming a person or object (this is my brother), or to describe it (He is a teacher). 

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Keep in mind that the Ukrainian language uses genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter). Masculine words typically end in a consonant, feminine words typically end in -а or -я and neuter words typically end in -o or -e. That being said, there are always some exceptions. 

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For example, the word for "dad" in Ukrainian is "Тато", so according to the aforementioned rules, it should be neuter. However, because Тато is a person (and male), this word is masculine. Likewise, "любов" (which means "love") ends in a consonant but is actually a feminine word. But don't worry too much about exceptions right now. 

 

Lets take a look at different words and their gender.

 

Professions:

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English           Ukrainian   

Accountant     Бухгалтер (M)

Actor                Актор (M)/Акторка (F)

Doctor              Лікар (M)/Лікарка (F) 

Engineer          Інженер (M) 

Judge               Суддя (M) 

Lawyer             Адвокат (M)/Адвокатка (F)   

Musician          Музикант (M)/Музикантка (F)

Nurse.               Медбрат (M)/Медсестра (F) 

Scientist          Вчений (M)/Вчена (F) 

Teacher            Вчитель (M)/Вчителька (F) 

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Phrases in the nominative case:

1. Мій брат йде в кіно́

2. Хло́пець чита́є кни́гу

3. Кімната тут

4. Студе́нт йде в університе́т

                

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