Кравець перевірив мірки талії.

to check

Breakdown of Кравець перевірив мірки талії.

• кравець: the tailor
• талія: the waist
• мірки: the measurements

Questions & Answers about Кравець перевірив мірки талії.

Why is Кравець capitalized, and does it mean tailor or could it be a name?

Кравець means tailor. In this sentence, it is most naturally understood as the common noun tailor.

It is capitalized here because it appears at the beginning of the sentence. Ukrainian capitalizes the first word of a sentence just like English does.

A useful extra note: Кравець can also be a Ukrainian surname, so out of context it could theoretically be read as Kravets. But in a basic learning sentence like this, it normally means the tailor / a tailor.

Grammatically, кравець is:

• masculine
• singular
• nominative case because it is the subject

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What form is перевірив, and why does it end in -в?

Перевірив is the past tense masculine singular form of the verb перевірити, meaning to check / to verify.

The ending shows that the subject is:

• masculine
• singular

So:

• кравець перевірив = the tailor checked
• if the subject were feminine, it would be перевірила
• if plural, перевірили

The -в is a normal marker for many masculine past-tense verbs in Ukrainian.

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