No. 983 in Ukrainian
ч
The Ukrainian letter "ч" (ch) represents the voiceless postalveolar affricate sound, similar to "ch" in the English word "church."
In a sentence
Чи ти вже бачив цей фільм?
Have you already seen this movie?
In this sentence, 'чи' is used as an interrogative particle to form a yes-no question.
Я не знаю, чи вона прийшла на зустріч.
I don't know whether she came to the meeting.
Here, 'чи' functions as a subordinating conjunction meaning 'whether'.
Чи не могли б ви передати мені цю книгу?
Could you please pass me this book?
In this example, 'чи' introduces a polite request, often used to make questions sound more gentle.
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