Місто на півдні.

The city is in the south.

Breakdown of Місто на півдні.

• місто: the city
• на: on
• південь: the south

Questions & Answers about Місто на півдні.

Why is there no word for is in Місто на півдні?

In Ukrainian, the present-tense verb to be is usually not stated in simple sentences like this.

So:

• Місто на півдні.
  literally looks like City in the south.
• but it means The city is in the south or A city is in the south, depending on context.

This is completely normal in Ukrainian.
If you are translating word-for-word from English, the missing is may feel strange at first, but Ukrainian does this very often.

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What case is півдні, and why isn’t it південь?

Півдні is in the locative case.

The basic dictionary form is:

• південь = south

But after the preposition на when it means in/on/at a location, Ukrainian often uses the locative:

• на півдні = in the south

So:

• південь = nominative
• півдні = locative

That is why the form changes.

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Why is на used here? Doesn’t it usually mean on?