Моя пральна машина зламалася, тому я викликав майстра.

Because машина is a feminine noun in Ukrainian.

The possessive pronoun my changes to match the gender, number, and case of the noun:

• мій = my (masculine)
• моя = my (feminine)
• моє = my (neuter)
• мої = my (plural)

So:

• моя машина = my car / my machine
• моя пральна машина = my washing machine

Both пральна and моя agree with машина, which is feminine singular nominative.

Literally, it means washing machine:

• прати = to wash laundry
• пральна = washing / laundry-related
• машина = machine

So пральна машина is the normal Ukrainian term for washing machine.

A learner might notice that машина can also mean car in some contexts, but here пральна машина clearly means washing machine because of the adjective пральна.

Зламалася comes from зламатися, which means to break down / to get broken.

The -ся often gives a reflexive or intransitive meaning. In this sentence, it helps express that the machine broke down, rather than someone broke it.

Compare:

• Я зламав машину. = I broke the machine.
• Машина зламалася. = The machine broke down.

So зламалася is the natural way to say that the washing machine stopped working.

Also, the ending -лася shows:

• past tense
• feminine singular

because машина is feminine.

Because the subject, машина, is feminine singular, and Ukrainian past tense agrees with gender.

Past tense forms look like this:

• masculine: зламався
• feminine: зламалася
• neuter: зламалося
• plural: зламалися

So:

• телефон зламався = the phone broke
• машина зламалася = the machine broke
• вікно зламалося = the window broke
• прилади зламалися = the devices broke

This is a very important feature of Ukrainian past tense.

Here тому means therefore / so / that’s why.

In this sentence:

• Моя пральна машина зламалася, тому я викликав майстра.
• My washing machine broke down, so I called a repairman/technician.

It connects cause and result:

• cause: the washing machine broke
• result: I called a technician

A learner should be careful not to confuse this with other uses of тому, since in different contexts it can also relate to that or appear in phrases like тому що = because.

Here, by itself, тому means so / therefore.

In Ukrainian, викликати often means to call for, summon, send for someone, especially a specialist, doctor, technician, taxi, emergency service, etc.

So викликав майстра is more like:

• I called in a technician
• I sent for a repairman
• I summoned a technician

This is more specific than simply phoning someone.

Examples:

• викликати лікаря = call a doctor
• викликати таксі = call a taxi
• викликати майстра = call a repair technician

So this verb fits the situation very naturally.

Because викликав shows that the speaker is male.

In Ukrainian past tense, the verb agrees with the gender of the person who did the action, if that person is singular.

• я викликав = I called (speaker is male)
• я викликала = I called (speaker is female)

So this sentence suggests that the speaker is male.

If a woman were speaking, she would say:

• Моя пральна машина зламалася, тому я викликала майстра.

This is something English speakers often notice, because English past tense does not show the speaker’s gender.

Because майстра is the accusative case form.

The verb викликати takes a direct object, and майстер refers to a person, so Ukrainian uses the accusative form that matches the genitive pattern for many masculine animate nouns.

• nominative: майстер = technician / repairman
• accusative: майстра = technician (as the object)

So:

• Майстер прийшов. = The technician came.
• Я викликав майстра. = I called the technician.

This is a very common pattern:

• бачу брата = I see my brother
• знаю студента = I know the student
• викликав майстра = called the technician

For masculine animate nouns, accusative often looks like genitive.

No. Although it is related historically to the idea of a master, in modern Ukrainian майстер very often means a skilled worker, repair specialist, or technician, depending on context.

In this sentence, майстра most naturally means:

• a repairman
• a technician
• a service specialist

Because it follows a broken washing machine, the meaning is clearly someone who comes to fix it.

Yes. Ukrainian word order is fairly flexible, though the original version is very natural.

The sentence:

• Моя пральна машина зламалася, тому я викликав майстра.

is neutral and clear.

You could also hear variations like:

• Пральна машина в мене зламалася, тому я викликав майстра.
• Тому я викликав майстра, бо моя пральна машина зламалася.

But the original is probably the best straightforward version for a learner.

In Ukrainian, word order often changes for emphasis, topic, or style, not just grammar.

Yes, it matters.

Зламалася comes from the perfective verb зламатися, which presents the action as a completed event:

• the machine broke down

That fits this sentence well, because it describes a finished event that led to another action.

The imperfective partner would be something like ламатися:

• Моя пральна машина ламалася.

That would suggest something more like:

• the machine was breaking
• the machine kept breaking
• the machine used to break down

So for a single completed breakdown, зламалася is the right choice.

Not directly in the same structure, because they work differently.

• тому = so / therefore
• бо = because
• тому що = because

Your sentence uses a result connector:

• Моя пральна машина зламалася, тому я викликав майстра.
• My washing machine broke down, so I called a technician.

If you want to use бо or тому що, you would rearrange the logic:

• Я викликав майстра, бо моя пральна машина зламалася.
• Я викликав майстра, тому що моя пральна машина зламалася.

So the meaning is similar, but the structure changes.

It is very natural.

A native speaker would easily understand it as:

• My washing machine broke down, so I called a technician.

It sounds normal in everyday conversation because:

• пральна машина is the standard term for washing machine
• зламалася is the usual way to say broke down
• викликати майстра is a common expression for calling in a repair specialist

So this is a very good model sentence for practical Ukrainian.