Editing Locative case (section)

====Ukrainian====
The [[Ukrainian language]] uses the locative case to denote locations. For example, "A pen is on a book" would be written as "{{langx|uk|Ручка на книжці|Ruchka na knyzhtsi|label=none}}" in the locative.<ref name="Huys41">{{cite book |last=Huys |first=N. |title=Ukrainian Grammar For Beginners |publisher=Nicky Huys Books |year=2024 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-xswEQAAQBAJ |language=en |access-date=4 January 2025 |pages=41, 44–45}}</ref> Ukrainian locative and instrumental cases usually go with a [[preposition]], unlike the other four [[Ukrainian grammar#Case|cases in Ukrainian grammar]], that may generally be employed without prepositions. The most common locative prepositions are {{langx|uk|на|na|on|label=none}}, and {{langx|uk|в, у, уві, ув|v, u, uvi, uv|in|label=none}}; usage of these four different variations of "in" depends on whether the next word starts with a [[consonant]] or [[vowel]].{{sfn|Nedashkivska|2001|p=213}}

The locative is used to indicate static spatial relationships and to talk about thoughts, discussions and nuanced ideas.<ref name="Huys41"/>{{sfn|Nedashkivska|2001|pp=213–214}} It is distinguished from dynamic spatial relationships,{{sfn|Nedashkivska|2001|pp=213–214}} which indicate action or motion,<ref name="Huys41"/>{{sfn|Nedashkivska|2001|pp=213–214}} and are expressed in the [[accusative case]] in Ukrainian and most other East Slavic languages.{{sfn|Nedashkivska|2001|pp=213–214}} The adlative "goal function", which in most East Slavic grammars is prescribed to be expressed in accusative (for example, {{langx|uk|Ми поклали книжку на стіл|My poklaly knyzhku na stil|We laid a book on the table|label=none}}), may in Ukrainian sometimes be expressed in locative instead ({{langx|uk|Ми поклали книжку на столі|My poklaly knyzhku na stoli|We laid a book on the table|label=none}}; the difference in meaning cannot be translated into English), but it is only considered acceptable under certain circumstances.{{sfn|Nedashkivska|2001|p=215}}

Ukrainian, unlike Russian, still retains a fully functional locative case. However, during the [[Russification of Ukraine#Soviet period|Russification of Soviet Ukraine]] between the 1930s and the 1980s, several expressions in the Ukrainian language using the locative case, such as "{{langx|uk|на адресу|na adresu|at the address|label=none}}", were changed by Soviet linguistic policies, in this instance to a [[genitive case]] to "{{langx|uk|за адресою|za adresoyu|label=none}}", in order to conform to standard Russian "{{langx|ru|за адресом|za adresom|label=none}}".{{sfn|Bilaniuk|2005|pp=92–93}} On the other hand, post-Soviet users of [[Surzhyk]] may mistakenly be employing the locative Russian form, instead of the [[instrumental case|instrumental]] Ukrainian form, in a sentence like "The book is written in English":{{sfn|Bilaniuk|2005|p=139}}
* Standard {{langx|uk|Книга написана англійською мовою|Knyha napysana anhlijs'koju movoju|book written English language [instrumental case]}}{{sfn|Bilaniuk|2005|p=139}}
* [[Surzhyk]] form: {{langx|uk|Книга написана на англійській мові|<small>[[Romanization of Ukrainian|romanized]]:</small> Knyha napysana na anhlijs'kij movi|<small>[[literal translation|lit.]]</small> 'book written on English language [locative case]|label=none}}{{sfn|Bilaniuk|2005|p=139}}
* Standard {{langx|ru|Книга написана на английском языке|Kniga napisana na anglijskom jazyke|book written on English language [locative case]}}{{sfn|Bilaniuk|2005|p=139}}