Супровідний лист короткий.

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Breakdown of Супровідний лист короткий.

• супровідний лист: the cover letter for an application

Questions & Answers about Супровідний лист короткий.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

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

So:

• Супровідний лист короткий.
  literally looks like
• Cover letter short.

but it means:

• The cover letter is short.

This is completely normal in Ukrainian.

Why is супровідний before лист, but короткий after it?

Because the two adjectives are doing different jobs.

• супровідний лист is one noun phrase: cover letter / accompanying letter
• короткий is the predicate adjective: it tells us what that letter is like

So the structure is:

• супровідний лист = the subject
• короткий = the description of the subject

In English, this is like the difference between:

• a cover letter
  and
• the cover letter is short

Why do супровідний and короткий both end in -ий?