Кравець перевірив мірки талії.

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

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.

This is a question of aspect, which is very important in Ukrainian verbs.

• перевірив = perfective → the action is seen as completed
• перевіряв = imperfective → the action is seen as ongoing, repeated, or without focus on completion

So:

• Кравець перевірив мірки талії.
  = The tailor checked the waist measurements.
  The checking is presented as a finished action.

• Кравець перевіряв мірки талії.
  = The tailor was checking / used to check the waist measurements.
  This focuses more on the process.

In your sentence, перевірив is used because the action is treated as completed.

Мірки is the plural of мірка.

In everyday Ukrainian, мірка often means a measurement taken from a person, especially in sewing, tailoring, and clothing-making. So this word fits the context very well.

That is why:

• мірки = measurements
• especially body measurements or tailoring measurements

A learner may expect something more like a general word for measures, but мірки is the natural choice when talking about a tailor.

Because талії is in the genitive singular.

The phrase мірки талії literally means measurements of the waist. In Ukrainian, when one noun specifies what another noun is related to, the second noun is often put in the genitive.

So:

• талія = waist or waistline in the dictionary form
• талії = of the waist

This is very similar to:

• колір сукні = the color of the dress
• розмір рукава = the size of the sleeve
• мірки талії = the measurements of the waist

Here it is singular.

Even though талії can sometimes look like a plural form to learners, in this sentence it is genitive singular of талія.

So:

• талія = nominative singular
• талії = genitive singular, dative singular, or nominative plural depending on context

In мірки талії, the meaning clearly requires genitive singular:

• measurements of the waist

No. Ukrainian does not have articles like the and a/an.

So Кравець перевірив мірки талії could mean:

• The tailor checked the waist measurements
• A tailor checked the waist measurements

Which one sounds best in English depends on context, but Ukrainian itself does not mark that difference with an article.

Not completely. Ukrainian word order is more flexible than English because the grammatical roles are shown by endings.

The neutral, straightforward order here is:

• Кравець перевірив мірки талії.
• subject + verb + object

But other orders are possible for emphasis, for example:

• Мірки талії перевірив кравець.
• Талії мірки перевірив кравець.
  This one is much less neutral and more stylistically marked.

Even though other orders are possible, your original sentence is the most natural basic version for learners.

You can tell from case and from sentence structure.

• кравець is in the nominative case, which usually marks the subject
• мірки is the direct object here
• талії is in the genitive, depending on мірки

So the structure is:

• Кравець = the one doing the action
• перевірив = the action
• мірки талії = the thing being checked

English relies heavily on word order for this, but Ukrainian often relies more on endings.

A helpful pronunciation guide with stress is:

кравЕць перевІрив мІрки тАлії

A rough English-style approximation:

• кравЕць ≈ kra-VETS
• перевІрив ≈ pe-re-VEE-ryv
• мІрки ≈ MEER-ky
• тАлії ≈ TA-lee-yi

A few pronunciation notes:

• и is not the same as English ee
• і is like ee in see
• ць at the end of кравець is a soft consonant cluster

Normally, мірки талії is the natural phrasing here.

• мірки талії = waist measurements
• literally measurements of the waist

для талії means for the waist, which changes the meaning. It would sound more like something intended for the waist rather than measurements taken from it.

So if you mean body measurements, especially in tailoring, мірки талії is the correct and natural choice.