| В | after a vowel, before a vowel or a consonant | Вона́ була́ в Оде́сі. / Вона́ жила́ в Ки́єві. | She was in Odesa. / She lived in Kyiv. |
| A2В | before a vowel at the start of a sentence or after a consonant | В Оде́сі те́пло. / Брат в Оде́сі. | It's warm in Odesa. / My brother is in Odesa. |
| У | between consonants | Брат у шко́лі. | My brother is at school. |
| A2У | before a consonant at the start of a sentence, and before в, ф, льв, св, тв | Вона́ у Ві́нниці. | She's in Vinnytsia. |
| Й | between vowels, and after a vowel before a consonant | Полта́ва й Оде́са | Poltava and Odesa |
| І | between consonants, and at the start of a sentence | буди́нок і кімна́та | a building and a room |
| A2І | before й, я, ю, є, ї, even after a vowel | ма́ма і я | Mum and I |
| З | before a vowel; before a consonant, after a vowel | Вона́ з Алжи́ру. / Ми з Ки́єва. | She's from Algeria. / We're from Kyiv. |
| Зі | before a consonant cluster, most often one starting with з, с, ш, щ | зі шко́ли / зі мно́ю / зі Льво́ва | from school / with me / from Lviv |
| Із | between consonants, above all before a single з, с, ц, ч, ш | Він із Си́рії. | He's from Syria. |