У книзі сто сторінок.

the book

Breakdown of У книзі сто сторінок.

• у: in
• сторінка: the page
• сто: one hundred

Questions & Answers about У книзі сто сторінок.

Why is it у книзі and not в книзі?

Both у and в can mean in. Ukrainian often switches between them for ease of pronunciation and flow.

Here, у книзі sounds natural, but в книзі is also correct. This is a very common alternation in Ukrainian:

• у місті
• в автобусі
• у школі
• в Україні

So the choice is often about sound, not meaning.

Why does книга become книзі?

Because after у / в when you mean location, Ukrainian usually uses the locative case.

So:

• dictionary form: книга = book
• locative singular: у книзі = in the book

This is why the ending changes from -а to -і.

What case is книзі?