Ukrainian Studies

Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures

Slavic 108Y, Elementary Ukrainian

 

Instructor:Maxim Tarnawsky121 St. Joseph St. Alumni Hall 403
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Prepositions and the Cases they Govern

 

These prepositions take Genitive Case only:

   
безwithout
біляnear, close
відfrom
дляfor
доto, toward
післяafter
протиagainst, opposite
радиon account of, because, for
середin, among
колоnear, around, in the vicinity of
навколоaround
   

These prepositions take Accusative Case only:

   
крізьthrough
черезacross, through
проabout
   

This preposition takes Locative Case only:

   
приnext to, near, by
   

This preposition governs Genitive when it indicates direction and Instrumental when it indicates accompaniment:

   
зfrom; with
   
These prepositions govern Accusative, when they indicate direction and Instrumental, when they indicate location:
   
міжbetween
заbehind, beyond: + Acc., for
надabove, over
передin front of
підunder
   
These prepositions govern Accusative, when they indicate direction, and Locative, when they indicate location:
   
наonto; on
у (в)in
по+ Acc., for, on; + Loc., along
о, (об)+ Acc., about, against;
  + Loc., at (time)
   
у (в) + Gen.at, in (someone's place, or possession)