No. 923 in Ukrainian
зима
Winter.
In a sentence
Зима прийшла, і ми купили теплий одяг.
Winter has come, and we bought warm clothes.
Here, 'зима' is used as the noun 'winter', denoting the season in a general descriptive context.
У цьому місті зими дуже холодні.
In this city, winters are very cold.
In this sentence, 'зими' (plural of 'зима') is used to refer to winters in general, highlighting their characteristics.
Я люблю кататися на ковзанах зимою.
I love ice skating in winter.
'Зимою' is used as an adverbial expression of time, specifying the period when the action occurs.
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