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.

In clothing and tailoring, мірки means measurements and is normally used in the plural. That is very natural in Ukrainian, just as English often says measurements rather than measure in this kind of context.

The singular мірка exists, but in this meaning, the plural is much more typical when talking about a person’s set of body measurements.

Here it is accusative plural because it is a direct object: the tailor checks the measurements.

However, for many inanimate plural nouns in Ukrainian, the accusative looks exactly like the nominative. So мірки has the same form in both cases.

Підгин refers to the hem or the folded-under edge of a piece of clothing.

In this sentence, it is another thing the tailor checks, alongside the measurements. So the idea is that the tailor checks both the measurements and the hem before the fitting.

Й and і both mean and here. Ukrainian often alternates between them for euphony, meaning it chooses the form that sounds smoother.

After a word ending in a vowel, like мірки, using й before the next word often sounds more natural:

• мірки й підгин

You will often see this kind of sound-based variation in Ukrainian. The meaning does not change.

After the preposition перед in this meaning, Ukrainian uses the instrumental case.

The dictionary form is примірка meaning fitting / try-on. In the instrumental singular, it becomes приміркою.

So:

• примірка = fitting
• перед приміркою = before the fitting

No. Перед can mean either:

• before in time, as in this sentence
• in front of in space

So context tells you which meaning is intended. Here, because приміркою is an event, the meaning is clearly before the fitting.

Ukrainian does not have articles like a, an, or the.

Whether something is understood as a tailor, the tailor, a fitting, or the fitting depends on context. That is completely normal in Ukrainian.

Yes, Ukrainian word order is fairly flexible. The sentence as written is neutral and natural:

Кравець перевіряє мірки й підгин перед приміркою.

You could move parts around for emphasis, but that would slightly change the focus or sound more marked. For a learner, the original order is the safest and most natural one to use.

This sentence already can have that meaning. The present tense in Ukrainian often works for both:

• what is happening now
• what someone generally does

So Кравець перевіряє мірки й підгин перед приміркою can mean either:

• The tailor is checking the measurements and the hem before the fitting or
• A tailor checks the measurements and the hem before a fitting

The broader context would decide which reading is intended.