A Reference Guide to Cases in the Ukrainian Language/Locative case

The locative case is used to denote where something or someone is in Ukrainian.

Nouns

Singular nouns

	Changes	Examples
Most words	Add -і to the ending of the nominative form. Any ь or vowel should be dropped from the end of the word	університет -> університеті
All nouns ending in -ка, and some nouns ending in -к	Replace the ending with -ці	зупинка -> зупинці урок -> уроці
All nouns ending in -га, and some nouns ending in -г or -го	Replace the ending with -зі	книга -> книзі
All nouns ending in -ха, and some nouns ending in -х or -хо	Replace the ending with -сі	капелюх -> капелюсі
Masculine nouns that end in -й	Change the ending to -ї	музей -> музеї
Feminine nouns that end in -їя or -ея	Change the final -я to -ї	лекція -> лекції
Masculine nouns that end in -ок	Change the ending to -ку	будинок -> будинку
Most Masculine nouns that end in -к	Add -у to the end	парк -> парку
Some neuter nouns that are clearly foreign borrowings	Do not change	таксі -> таксі інтервʼю —> інтервʼю

Plural nouns

	Changes	Examples
Masculine nouns that end in a hard constant	Add -ах to the end of the word	гори (гір) -> горах
Masculine nouns that end in -й or -ь	Replace the ending with -ях
Feminine nouns that end in -а	Replace the ending with -ах
Feminine nouns that end in -я	Replace the ending with -ях	лекції (лекція) -> лекціях

Exceptions

Word in Nominative	Word in Vocative
сад	саду
рік	році
урок	уроку
аеропорт	аеропорту