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ЛЕКЦІЯ 3

OTHER NOTIONAL PARTS OF SPEECH (NUMERAL,
PRONOUN, ADVERB)

OUTLINES:

1. Numeral as a part of speech: general characteristics
2. Pronoun as a part of speech: general characteristics
3. Adverb as a part of speech in English and Ukrainian languages.

Key Words: qualitative, quantitative, ad links, stative words

1. Numeral as a part of speech: general characteristics

In both languages numerals are divided into cardinal and
ordinal. Ukrainian cardinal numerals have the peculiar group of
indefinite numerals (неозначені числівники): кілька, декілька,
багато, чимало, кільканадцять. Besides Ukrainian numerals
posses such a peculiar group as collective numerals (збірні
числівники – двоє, обоє, троє, четверо), denoting a certain
quantity of objects as a whole. Besides, the following words are
included into this group: обоє, обидва, обидві. One more
peculiarity of the system of Ukrainian numerals is diminutive forms
of collective numerals (пестливі форми збірних числівників):
двійко, двойко, двоєчко, трійко, четвірко. The English language
does not have collective numerals and diminutive forms are met
only by nouns (sonny, Johny). Some meanings of indefinite quantity
are expressed here with the help of quantitative adjectives and
adverbs (кількісні прикметники та прислівники): many, much,
few, little, a little.
The basis of counting in both languages is the decimal
system (в основі лічби обох мов лежить десяткова система).
That is why the structure of numeral’s system formation does not

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