Вакансія нова.

In Ukrainian, the verb to be is usually omitted in the present tense in simple sentences like this.

So:

• Вакансія нова. = The vacancy is new.

This is completely normal and natural in Ukrainian.

English requires is, but Ukrainian usually does not:

• Він студент. = He is a student.
• Кава гаряча. = The coffee is hot.

So the missing is is not really missing — Ukrainian just does not normally say it here.

Because this sentence is using нова as a predicate adjective: The vacancy is new.

Compare:

• нова вакансія = a new vacancy / a new job opening
  Here, нова directly describes the noun.

• Вакансія нова = The vacancy is new
  Here, нова is the part that says something about the subject.

So the word order helps show the difference between:

• noun phrase: нова вакансія
• full sentence: Вакансія нова

Both words are in the nominative singular.

• вакансія is the subject, so nominative makes sense.
• нова agrees with вакансія and is also nominative singular feminine.

This is the basic dictionary form of both words.

Because it has to agree with вакансія.

Вакансія is:

• feminine
• singular
• nominative

So the adjective must match it:

• masculine: новий
• feminine: нова
• neuter: нове
• plural: нові

That is why you get вакансія нова, not вакансія новий or вакансія нове.

A very common clue is the ending.

Nouns ending in -а or -я are often feminine in Ukrainian, and вакансія is one of them.

Because it is feminine, the adjective also takes the feminine form:

• нова

This is a useful pattern, though not every noun follows it perfectly.

Yes, but it usually means something different.

• Нова вакансія = a new vacancy / a new job opening
• Вакансія нова = The vacancy is new

So:

• adjective before noun = usually one noun phrase
• noun + adjective = can function like X is Y, especially when to be is omitted

Context matters, but this is the basic difference.

Sometimes word order in Ukrainian is flexible, but here the most natural reading changes.

• Вакансія нова naturally sounds like a sentence: The vacancy is new.
• Нова вакансія naturally sounds like a noun phrase: a new vacancy.

In some contexts, intonation could help, but for a learner it is best to keep this distinction clear.

Because Ukrainian has no articles.

So вакансія can mean:

• a vacancy
• the vacancy

The exact meaning depends on context.

That means Вакансія нова could be understood as:

• The vacancy is new
• or, in some contexts, A vacancy is new

But in real usage, context usually makes it obvious which one is meant.

Вакансія usually means vacancy, job opening, or position available.

In modern everyday English, job opening is often the most natural translation.

So depending on context, Вакансія нова could refer to:

• a newly posted position
• a newly available role
• a vacancy that did not exist before

A simple approximation is:

vakánsiya nóva

Stress:

• вака́нсія
• но́ва

So the stressed syllables are:

• -ка́н-
• но́-

If you want to sound more natural, pay attention to those stressed syllables, since stress is important in Ukrainian.

In normal everyday Ukrainian, no — that sounds unnatural here.

For a simple present-tense sentence like The vacancy is new, Ukrainian normally says:

• Вакансія нова.

The word є is used in other situations, especially for existence or emphasis, more like there is/there are or there exists.

So for this sentence, the natural version is just:

• Вакансія нова.

The adjective новий changes to match the noun’s gender and number.

Examples:

• masculine: проєкт новий = The project is new
• feminine: вакансія нова = The vacancy is new
• neuter: місце нове = The place/spot is new
• plural: вакансії нові = The vacancies are new

So нова is just the feminine singular form of new.