Переможець щасливий.

The winner is happy.

Breakdown of Переможець щасливий.

• щасливий: happy
• переможець: the winner

Questions & Answers about Переможець щасливий.

Why is there no word for is in this sentence?

In Ukrainian, the present-tense verb бути (to be) is usually omitted.

So:

Переможець щасливий.
literally looks like Winner happy.

But in natural English, it means The winner is happy.

This is completely normal in Ukrainian. You usually do not need to add є here.

What is the basic grammar of this sentence?

This sentence has:

• Переможець — the subject (winner)
• щасливий — a predicate adjective (happy)

So the structure is:

noun + adjective
= The winner is happy

The adjective is not directly describing the noun inside a noun phrase here. It is part of the statement about the subject.

What case are the words in?

Both words are in the nominative singular.

• переможець — nominative singular
• щасливий — nominative singular masculine

That is what you expect for:

• the subject of the sentence
• a predicate adjective agreeing with that subject