Ask a shop assistant where the changing room is, and you’ll often get a quick answer with a hand gesture: over there, on your right. Here is how the phrase works and where learners slip up.
The phrase: The fitting room is over there, on your right
This is the Ukrainian sentence «Примірочна он там, праворуч» in English. It has three parts: the fitting room (what you’re looking for), is over there (where it is), and on your right (which side, from the listener’s point of view).
- The fitting room is over there, on your right.The full answer when you point the way.
- Where is the fitting room? — It’s over there, on your right.A typical question and answer in a shop.
- The fitting room is over there, on your left.The same pattern, opposite side.
Use the before fitting room: you mean one specific room in this shop. Ukrainian has no articles, so learners often drop them here.
Over there or over here?
Both words point to a place, and the choice depends on where the speaker is:
- over here — close to the speaker: The mirror is over here. («Дзеркало тут.»)
- over there — further away from the speaker: The fitting room is over there. («Примірочна он там.»)
Don’t confuse these with there is, which means “there exists”: There is a fitting room near the exit.
On your right or on the right?
Both are correct, but they focus on different things:
- on your right — the side from the listener’s point of view. This is the natural choice when you’re guiding a specific person.
- on the right — a neutral location, without saying whose side: Fitting rooms: on the right. This is how signs usually read.
Common mistakes: on right without the or your; at there instead of over there; and to right for location. To the right is for movement (turn to the right), while a location takes on the right. Also, right meaning “direction” is not the same as That’s right (“correct”).
More phrases for giving directions
- Go straight ahead.Keep walking forward.
- It’s at the back of the shop.At the far end, away from the entrance.
- It’s upstairs, next to the cash desk.On the upper floor, by the till.
- Turn left at the mirror.Turn left when you reach the mirror.
If you want to ask the question yourself, see our lesson on where the fitting room is.
Check yourself
Give the English version, then check the answer:
1.«Примірочна там, ліворуч». How would you say it in English?
Answer
The fitting room is over there, on your left.
2.«Дзеркало тут, поруч зі мною». How would you say it in English?
Answer
The mirror is over here, next to me.
3.«Примірочна праворуч від вас». How would you say it in English?
Answer
The fitting room is on your right.
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