Questions & Answers about Я стану викладачем в університеті.
What does стану mean, and from which verb is it derived?
стану is the first-person-singular future form of the perfective verb стати, meaning “to become.”
Why is the noun for “teacher” in this sentence викладачем rather than викладач?
Ukrainian uses the instrumental case for predicate nouns after verbs like стати or бути to indicate the role or profession you become or are. The instrumental singular of викладач is викладачем.
Why is there no article before викладачем (such as “a” or “the”)?
Ukrainian has no definite or indefinite articles. You simply state professions and roles without adding a or the.
What case is університеті in, and why does it take that ending?
університеті is in the locative (prepositional) case, singular. With prepositions like в, the locative expresses location (“in the university”), so університет changes to університеті.
Why is the preposition в used instead of у before університеті?