Editing Surzhyk (section)

== Examples ==

=== Grammar ===
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 |quote  = The gender of nouns with the same referent may be different in the two languages, leading to incorrect suffixes on adjectives and verbs. For example, the Russian word for "language" — ''jazyk'' (язык) – is masculine, whereas the Ukrainian term ''mova'' (мова) is feminine. Several times I heard people speaking about language in Ukrainian but using descriptive adjectives with masculine endings. Often when it came to actually saying the word "language", people would catch their mistakes themselves. The gender distinction is obligatory in both languages, so use of an inappropriately gendered adjective always results in some awkwardness.
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{{See also|Locative case#Ukrainian}}

=== False friends ===
Between Russian and Ukrainian languages there are many words known as interpreter's [[false friend]]s.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Ukrainian
! Semantics in English
! Russian
! Semantics in English
|-
| ласкавий<br/>(laskavyi)
| kind, good
| ласковый<br/>(laskovyi)
| tender, gentle
|-
| господа<br/>(hospoda)
| dwelling
| господа<br/>(gospoda)
| gentlemen, sirs
|-
| <u>красна</u> площа<br/>(krasna ploshcha)
| <u>beautiful</u> square
| <u>красная</u> площадь<br/>(krasnaya ploshchad)
| <u>red</u> square
|-
| дитина<br/>(dytyna)
| infant
| детина<br/>(detina)
| enormous person (stalwart lad)
|-
| час<br/>(chas)
| time
| час<br/>(chas)
| hour
|-
| чоловік<br/>(cholovik)
| man, male person, husband
| человек<br/>(chelovek)
| person, human
|-
| гарбуз<br/>(harbuz)
| pumpkin
| арбуз<br/>(arbuz)
| watermelon
|-
| краватка<br/>(kravatka)
| tie
| кроватка<br/>(krovatka)
| bed
|-
| качка<br/>(kachka)
| duck
| качка<br/>(kachka)
| rocking motion
|-
| мир<br/>(myr)
| peace (only)
| мир<br/>(mir)
| the world; peace
|-
| світ<br/>(svit)
| the world
| свет<br/>(svet)
| light (also 'the world', chiefly in set expressions)
|-
| корисний<br/>(korysnyi)
| useful
| корыстный<br/>(korystnyi)
| selfish
|}