Breakdown of Кравець перевіряє мірки й підгин перед приміркою.
Questions & Answers about Кравець перевіряє мірки й підгин перед приміркою.
Кравець is a noun meaning tailor. Here it is in the nominative singular because it is the subject of the sentence: the tailor is the one doing the action.
It is a masculine noun in form. If you specifically wanted to say a female tailor, Ukrainian might use a different form in some contexts, but кравець itself is the standard dictionary word.
Перевіряє is the 3rd person singular present tense form of перевіряти, meaning to check / to verify.
So it means he/she checks or is checking, depending on context. Ukrainian present tense can cover both a general present and an action happening now.
This verb is also imperfective, which is the normal choice for an ongoing process or a general action.
That ending shows it is present tense, 3rd person singular.
The dictionary form is перевіряти. When you conjugate it:
- я перевіряю = I check
- ти перевіряєш = you check
- він / вона перевіряє = he / she checks
So -є here corresponds to he/she checks.