Learn Hardcore Ukrainian: Примірка є в ательє.

Breakdown of Примірка є в ательє.

Why is є used here? I thought Ukrainian often drops to be in the present tense.

That is a very common question. In Ukrainian, the present-tense verb бути (to be) is often omitted, especially in simple identity sentences:

So you will also often hear:

However, є can still be used. It makes the sentence sound a bit more explicit, and it can slightly emphasize existence or location:

Примірка є в ательє. = The fitting is in the atelier / There is a fitting in the atelier.

So the version with є is grammatical; the version without it is also very natural.

What exactly is примірка grammatically?

Примірка is a feminine singular noun in the nominative case here.

In this sentence, it functions as the subject.

Its basic meaning is something like:

Because it ends in -а, it follows a very common feminine noun pattern.

Why is it ? What case is that?