Кандидат надсилає супровідний лист і портфоліо.

Because кандидат is the subject of the sentence, so it appears in the nominative case.

• кандидат = candidate
• It is masculine singular
• In this sentence, it is the person doing the action: sending

So:

• Кандидат надсилає... = The candidate sends / is sending...

If the sentence were about the candidate receiving something or being described in another role, the form might change.

Надсилає is the 3rd person singular present tense form of the verb надсилати.

That means it matches:

• he sends
• she sends
• it sends
• the candidate sends

So:

• я надсилаю = I send
• ти надсилаєш = you send
• він / вона надсилає = he / she sends
• кандидат надсилає = the candidate sends

The ending -є is a normal present-tense ending for this verb in the he/she/it form.

It can mean either, depending on context.

Ukrainian present tense often covers both:

• sends (general/habitual)
• is sending (right now)

So Кандидат надсилає супровідний лист і портфоліо could mean:

• The candidate sends a cover letter and a portfolio
• The candidate is sending a cover letter and a portfolio

Context tells you which sounds more natural in English.

They are the direct objects of the verb надсилає.

In Ukrainian, a direct object often takes the accusative case. But here:

• лист is an inanimate masculine noun
• for many inanimate masculine nouns, the accusative singular looks the same as the nominative singular
• портфоліо is a neuter indeclinable noun, so its form also stays the same

So even though these words are objects, they do not visibly change here.

Actually, лист is in the accusative too, but for an inanimate masculine noun, the accusative singular usually looks the same as the nominative.

The adjective must agree with the noun in:

• gender
• number
• case

So:

• супровідний лист = nominative singular masculine
• супровідний лист = accusative singular masculine inanimate

The form happens to be the same in both cases, so nothing looks different on the surface.

Супровідний лист is the standard Ukrainian expression for cover letter.

Word by word:

• супровідний = accompanying / accompanying something
• лист = letter

So literally it is something like accompanying letter, but in normal English job-application language, the correct translation is cover letter.

Ukrainian has no articles.

So Кандидат can mean:

• a candidate
• the candidate

And супровідний лист can mean:

• a cover letter
• the cover letter

English requires articles, but Ukrainian does not. You figure it out from context.

Yes, і usually means and.

In this sentence:

• супровідний лист і портфоліо = a cover letter and a portfolio

Ukrainian also has й, which can also mean and. The choice between і and й is often made for smoother pronunciation.

For example, speakers may prefer one or the other depending on the sounds around it.

Портфоліо is a loanword in Ukrainian, borrowed from an international term like portfolio.

It looks unusual because it is often treated as an indeclinable noun, meaning its form does not change across cases in standard usage.

So you may see:

• портфоліо
• still портфоліо
• still портфоліо

depending on the sentence.

That makes it easier in one sense, because you do not need to memorize many endings for it.

Yes, Ukrainian word order is more flexible than English word order.

The neutral order here is:

• Кандидат надсилає супровідний лист і портфоліо.

But depending on emphasis, you might also see something like:

• Супровідний лист і портфоліо кандидат надсилає.

That sounds more marked and puts focus on what is being sent.

So the original sentence is the most straightforward, neutral version.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

• na-dsy-LA-ye

A few helpful points:

• the stress is on ла: надсила́є
• є here sounds roughly like ye
• дс is a consonant cluster, so say it smoothly: nad-sy-...

If you want to say the whole sentence slowly:

• Кандида́т надсила́є супрові́дний лист і портфо́ліо.

No. Кандидат can mean candidate in several contexts, for example:

• a job candidate
• an election candidate
• a candidate for a degree or position

In this sentence, because of cover letter and portfolio, it clearly means a job applicant or someone applying for a role.

The verb надсилати is imperfective, and надсилає is its present-tense form.

That matters because in Ukrainian:

• imperfective verbs can have a true present tense
• perfective verbs usually do not have a present tense meaning right now; their present-looking forms usually refer to the future

So надсилає means:

• sends
• is sending

If you used a perfective partner verb, the meaning would shift more toward a completed future action.

Yes, it is very helpful, because Ukrainian stress is mobile and not always predictable.

In this sentence, the usual stresses are:

• кандида́т
• надсила́є
• супрові́дний
• лист
• портфо́ліо

Stress can affect both pronunciation and sometimes your ability to recognize related forms, so it is worth learning early.