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Stefan M. Pugh and Ian Press.
Ukrainian: a comprehensive grammar.

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6.4.1 THE USE OF THE INFINITIVE
The infinitive in Ukrainian is used much as it is in many of the languages of
the world, including English; in essence, it is the equivalent of the English
'to + verb' ('to read', 'to understand', and similar).
6.4.1.1 The infinitive as subject of the sentence
The most common occurrences of the Ukrainian infinitive in the role of the
subject involve:
(1) constructions with це 'this is', 'that is' with or without following значить
or означає 'this means', expressing a juxtaposition of ideas (the focus of
the following clause can be either a noun or another infinitive); and
(2) constructions with the instrumental case.
In both instances, equivalent English constructions most commonly involve
the use of the gerund; the infinitive can stand alone, or it may have an object
of its own - in which case the infinitival phrase as a whole acts as a subject.
The infinitive does not have to occur at the beginning of the sentence. Thus:
Читати- це радість.
Reading is pleasure.
Читати українську літературу - (це означає) розуміти Україну.
Reading Ukrainian literature means (equals) understanding Ukraine.
Найвище уміння - почати спочатку життя, розуміння, дорогу, себе.
The greatest capability is beginning (the ability to begin) life,
understanding, (one's) path, for oneself. (Л. Костенко)
Першою думкою в Степана було довідатися, де вони.
Stepan's first thought was to find out where they were. (Коцюбинський)
Писати листи друзям щомісяця - її давня звичка.
Writing letters to her friends every month was her custom from long ago (it
was long her custom to ...).
Допомагати друзям - це наш обов'язок.
It is our duty to help (our) friends. (Helping friends is .. .)
Зустріти його було для мене втіхою.
Meeting him was a pleasure for me.
6.4.1.2 The infinitive in the predicate
The infinitive can have a variety of functions in the predicate. As a direct
object, as in the case of subjectival constructions, the verb is in a sense nom-
inalized (4he act of X'), appearing in place of a noun:

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