Компанія наймає кандидата.

The company hires the candidate.

Breakdown of Компанія наймає кандидата.

• компанія: the company
• кандидат: the candidate
• наймати: to hire someone

Questions & Answers about Компанія наймає кандидата.

Why is кандидата written with -а instead of кандидат?

Because кандидата is in the accusative case.

In this sentence, Компанія is the subject, and кандидата is the direct object, the person being hired. In Ukrainian, a masculine animate noun like кандидат changes form in the accusative singular:

• кандидат = nominative
• кандидата = accusative

This is very common in Ukrainian. For masculine animate nouns, the accusative often looks the same as the genitive.

How do I know that компанія is the subject and кандидата is the object?

The case endings tell you.

• Компанія is in the nominative case, which is the usual case for the subject
• кандидата is in the accusative case, which marks the direct object here

So even if the word order changed, the endings would still help identify who is doing the action and who receives it.

What form of the verb is наймає?