Каса знаходиться ліворуч від входу.

Ліворуч is an adverb, meaning to the left or on the left. Because it is an adverb, it does not change for gender, number, or case.

In this sentence, ліворуч від входу means to the left of the entrance.

A similar word you may also see is зліва. Both can often mean on the left / to the left, though ліворуч can sound a bit more directional or formal in some contexts.

Because від requires the genitive case.

The dictionary form is вхід (entrance), but after від (from / of / away from in different contexts), it becomes:

• вхід → nominative
• входу → genitive

So:

• від входу = from the entrance / of the entrance, but in this kind of location phrase it means to the left of the entrance

This is very common in Ukrainian:

• біля входу = near the entrance
• праворуч від входу = to the right of the entrance
• ліворуч від входу = to the left of the entrance

Here знаходиться means is located or is situated.

It comes from знаходитися, which can literally mean to be found / to be located. In signs, directions, and formal descriptions, it is very commonly used for location.

So:

• Каса знаходиться ліворуч від входу.
• literally: The ticket office/cash desk is located to the left of the entrance.

In everyday speech, Ukrainians may also say:

• Каса ліворуч від входу.
• Каса є ліворуч від входу. (less common in this context)
• Каса розташована ліворуч від входу. (more formal)

Ukrainian has no articles, so it does not have separate words for a/an or the.

That means:

• каса can mean a cash desk, the cash desk, a ticket office, or the ticket office
• входу can mean of an entrance or of the entrance

The exact meaning comes from context. In this sentence, English naturally uses the:

• The cash desk is to the left of the entrance.

Каса is the subject of the sentence, so it is in the nominative case.

Its dictionary form is already каса, so nothing changes here.

Basic structure:

• Каса = subject
• знаходиться = verb
• ліворуч від входу = location phrase

So Ukrainian is structured very similarly to English here:

• The cash desk
  • is located
    • to the left of the entrance

Yes. Ukrainian word order is more flexible than English word order.

The sentence:

• Каса знаходиться ліворуч від входу.

could also be:

• Ліворуч від входу знаходиться каса.
• Каса ліворуч від входу.

These all mean roughly the same thing, but the emphasis changes slightly.

For example:

• Каса знаходиться ліворуч від входу. = neutral statement
• Ліворуч від входу знаходиться каса. = emphasizes the location first, a bit like To the left of the entrance is the cash desk

This location-first order is common in directions and signage.

It depends on context.

Каса can refer to:

• a cash desk
• a ticket office
• a checkout
• a box office
• sometimes the cash register area

So in a train station, museum, or cinema, каса often means ticket office or box office.
In a store, it may mean checkout or cash desk.

That is why translations can vary even though the Ukrainian word is the same.

A simple pronunciation guide:

• Каса — KA-sa
• знаходиться — roughly zna-HO-dyt-sya
• ліворуч — roughly LEE-vo-rooch
• від входу — roughly vid VHO-du

A few helpful notes:

• х is like the ch in Scottish loch or German Bach
• в in входу is pronounced clearly; the cluster вх may feel unusual to English speakers
• ться at the end of знаходиться is often pronounced compactly, something like -tsya

You do not need perfect pronunciation immediately; just be careful with х and the -ться ending.

Yes, in many situations you can.

Both of these are natural:

• Каса знаходиться ліворуч від входу.
• Каса знаходиться зліва від входу.

Both mean The cash desk is to the left of the entrance.

A rough difference:

• ліворуч often feels a bit more standard in directions
• зліва is also very common and may feel slightly more conversational

You should understand and be able to use both.

This is a very common thing in Ukrainian: a preposition may have a broader range than its closest English equivalent.

Від often means:

• from
• away from
• in location phrases, something like of / from the point of

So ліворуч від входу is literally something like to the left from/of the entrance, but the natural English translation is:

• to the left of the entrance

So this is best learned as a fixed pattern:

• ліворуч від... = to the left of...
• праворуч від... = to the right of...

Yes. Знаходиться includes the reflexive ending -ся.

The verb is знаходитися. In many cases, Ukrainian verbs with -ся do not feel strongly reflexive in English. Here it simply functions as part of the normal verb meaning to be located.

So you should learn:

• знаходити = to find
• знаходитися = to be located / to be situated

Even though English does not use a reflexive form here, Ukrainian does.

Yes, very natural.

It works well in:

• spoken directions
• public announcements
• building signs
• stations, museums, offices, shops

It sounds clear and standard. On a sign, it might even be shortened to:

• Каса ліворуч від входу.

But the full sentence with знаходиться is perfectly normal and slightly more complete/formal.