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combinability of English and Ukrainians numerals is rather limited.
As a rule they form combinations with nouns. Numerals usually
precede the nouns they modify, e.g.: three boys – три хлопці.
Numerals, as a rule, are not modified by other words. These are the
characteristic features of the part of speech.

2. Pronoun as a part of speech: general characteristics

Pronouns can be defined as words whose meanings are
very general and stable, but whose references in speech are
particular, variable and relative with regard to the speaker and the
situation of speech.
According to Yu. O. Zhluktenko in grammars of both
languages there are differentiated the following classes of
pronouns: 1) personal; 2) possessive; 3) reflexive;
4) demonstrative; 5) interrogative; 6) relative; 7) indefinite;
8) negative. The class of English pronouns which in some
grammars are referred to as generalizing (узагальнюючі) (all,
each, every, both, either and others) have a lot in common with
such Ukrainians pronouns which are distinguished into the class
of defining pronouns (означальні-весь, всякий, сам, кожний,
інший etc.). The pronoun сам belonging to the whole class of
pronouns which are called in English strengthening pronouns
(підсильні) (myself, yourself and others. In English there are still
distinguished the reciprocal pronouns (взаємні) (each other, one
another), distinguishing (видільний) (other, another), and
indefinite-personal (one) (неозначено-особові) pronouns. The
mentioned classes are not distinguished among Ukrainian
pronouns by existing grammars.
Nevertheless, views concerning the number of classes of
pronouns in both languages differ from scholar to scholar. Thus,
unlike Yu. O. Zhluktenko, B. S. Khaimovich and
B. I. Rogovskaya differentiate the following classes of English
pronouns, taking into account the semantic peculiarities as well as

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