Дев’ятий платіж можна скасувати.

Дев’ятий means ninth.

It is an ordinal number (like first, second, third, ninth), and here it is behaving like an adjective, because it describes the noun платіж (payment).

The ending -ий is used because:

• платіж is masculine
• it is singular
• it is in the nominative case (the basic dictionary form, used here as the subject-like element of the sentence)

So:

• дев’ятий платіж = the ninth payment

If the noun changed, the ordinal would change too:

• дев’ята сторінка = ninth page
• дев’яте місце = ninth place
• дев’яті дні = ninth days / the ninth days

The apostrophe in дев’ятий is a normal part of Ukrainian spelling.

It shows that the following я is pronounced more like ya, rather than simply softening the previous consonant.

So в’я is pronounced roughly like vya.

Without getting too technical, the apostrophe helps preserve the y-sound in я, ю, є, ї after certain consonants. It is not like an English apostrophe showing possession or contraction.

Платіж most basically means payment.

Depending on context, it can also refer to:

• a payment in a series
• a transaction
• sometimes an installment, if that is what the context implies

So Дев’ятий платіж could mean:

• the ninth payment
• the ninth installment

If you are talking about a payment schedule, installment may sound more natural in English. But the Ukrainian word itself is still платіж.

Можна means something like:

• it is possible
• it is allowed
• one can
• can be

In this sentence, it gives the idea that canceling the ninth payment is possible or permitted.

A very literal sense would be:

• The ninth payment is possible to cancel
• more natural English: The ninth payment can be canceled

A key point: можна is an impersonal word. It does not change for person or number like an English verb does.

Examples:

• Можна зайти? = May I come in?
• Тут можна паркуватися. = You can park here. / Parking is allowed here.

Because можна is commonly followed by an infinitive.

So the structure is:

• можна + infinitive

Here:

• можна скасувати = can cancel / can be canceled

This is very common in Ukrainian:

• можна зробити = can do / can be done
• можна побачити = can see / can be seen
• можна купити = can buy / can be bought

English often chooses either an active or passive translation depending on what sounds natural, but Ukrainian simply uses можна + infinitive.

Both ideas are possible, but English usually prefers The ninth payment can be canceled here.

In Ukrainian, the sentence is somewhat impersonal. It does not explicitly say who can cancel it. Because of that, English often turns it into a passive sentence.

So:

• Дев’ятий платіж можна скасувати. can mean:
  • The ninth payment can be canceled.
  • One can cancel the ninth payment.
  • It is possible to cancel the ninth payment.

The first version is usually the most natural in everyday English.

Yes, скасувати is perfective.

That means it refers to a completed action: to cancel something successfully.

Its imperfective partner is usually:

• скасовувати = to be canceling / to cancel repeatedly / to cancel in a general process sense

So:

• можна скасувати = it can be canceled / it is possible to cancel it
• можна скасовувати would sound more like a repeated or general-process meaning, which is not what is wanted here

In this sentence, the perfective form is natural because the idea is about a single completed result: canceling the payment.

In this pattern, the thing being discussed often stays in the nominative:

• Дев’ятий платіж можна скасувати.

This is a common Ukrainian structure where the noun being talked about appears as the topic or subject-like element, and then можна + infinitive says what can be done with it.

You could also express the same idea with a more direct object structure, for example:

• Можна скасувати дев’ятий платіж.

Here дев’ятий платіж comes after the infinitive and functions more clearly as the object.

So both are possible:

• Дев’ятий платіж можна скасувати.
• Можна скасувати дев’ятий платіж.

The first puts more emphasis on the ninth payment.

Yes. Ukrainian word order is fairly flexible.

These are both natural:

• Дев’ятий платіж можна скасувати.
• Можна скасувати дев’ятий платіж.

The difference is mainly focus/emphasis:

• Дев’ятий платіж можна скасувати.
  Emphasizes the ninth payment.
• Можна скасувати дев’ятий платіж.
  Emphasizes the action cancel a bit more, or simply sounds more neutral in some contexts.

So word order in Ukrainian often helps show what information is most important or most topical.

Yes, you could.

That sentence means:

• The ninth payment may/can be canceled
• literally: The ninth payment can/may be canceled with a passive construction

Comparison:

• Дев’ятий платіж можна скасувати.
  very natural, common, compact, impersonal
• Дев’ятий платіж може бути скасований.
  more formal, more explicitly passive

In everyday Ukrainian, the можна + infinitive version is often simpler and more natural.

Yes.

• можна usually means it is possible / allowed
• можливо usually means possibly / it is possible that

So in this sentence, можна is the correct choice:

• Дев’ятий платіж можна скасувати. = The ninth payment can be canceled.

If you used можливо, you would usually need a different structure, for example:

• Можливо, дев’ятий платіж скасують. = Possibly, they will cancel the ninth payment.

So можна is about ability/permission/possibility of performing an action, while можливо is more like possibly or perhaps.

A rough pronunciation guide:

• Дев’ятий ≈ de-VYA-tyy
• платіж ≈ pla-TIZH
• можна ≈ MOZH-na
• скасувати ≈ ska-su-VA-ty

So the full sentence is roughly:

• de-VYA-tyy pla-TIZH MOZH-na ska-su-VA-ty

The main stresses are:

• девя́тий
• платі́ж
• мо́жна
• скасува́ти

This is only an approximation for English speakers, but it helps you hear the rhythm correctly.