This is the 775th most frequent Slovak word.
ukrajine
"Ukrajine" in Slovak means "to Ukraine" in English.
Here, 'Ukrajine' is used to indicate a location, specifically the country of Ukraine, in the locative case.
Momentálne študujem na univerzite na Ukrajine.
Currently, I am studying at a university in Ukraine.
In this sentence, 'Ukrajine' is in the locative case again, describing the place associated with the discussed situation.
Hovorili sme o situácii na Ukrajine.
We talked about the situation in Ukraine.
Here, 'Ukrajiny' reflects the genitive case, indicating origin. The word has changed from 'Ukrajine' to 'Ukrajiny' to suit the grammatical role in the sentence.