Кравець працює в ательє.

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Breakdown of Кравець працює в ательє.

• працювати: to work
• кравець: the tailor
• ательє: the tailoring shop

Questions & Answers about Кравець працює в ательє.

What part of speech is кравець, and does it specifically mean a male tailor?

Кравець is a masculine noun meaning tailor.

Grammatically, it is masculine singular. In real usage, it most naturally refers to a male tailor. If you want to clearly say female tailor, Ukrainian often uses кравчиня.

In this sentence, кравець is the subject: the person who does the action.

What form is працює?

Працює is the 3rd person singular present tense form of the verb працювати = to work.

So:

• я працюю = I work
• ти працюєш = you work
• він / вона працює = he / she works

Because the subject кравець is singular, the verb is also singular: працює.

Why is there в before ательє?

В means in or at here.

So:

• в ательє = in the atelier / at the tailor’s studio

Ukrainian uses prepositions like в to show location, just as English uses in or at.