да пабачэння

Saying Goodbye

Level 1Sounds Like da pabačénnâ

Да пабачэння! is the neutral goodbye. Бывай! is a casual bye to one friend, and Бывайце! is for several people.

How It Works

  • Да пабачэння: goodbye. It suits anyone, from a shop assistant to a teacher.
  • Да сустрэчы: see you (soon). Friendly and neutral.
  • Бывай / бывайце: bye. These are command forms of бываць, so they follow the ты/вы pattern: бывай to one friend, бывайце to a group or politely. See загадны лад -це.
  • Да + a time word: да заўтра (see you tomorrow), да вечара (see you tonight), да панядзелка (see you on Monday).
  • Шчасліва!: take care, all the best.
  • Дабранач: good night, when parting at night.

The noun after да goes into the genitive: пабачэнне → да пабачэння, сустрэча → да сустрэчы. See да + родны кірунку.

Examples (5)

  1. Да пабачэння, спадарыня Ганна!

    Goodbye, Ms. Hanna!

    Word by Word: Until seeing, Ms. Hanna!

  2. Бывай, Алесь! Да заўтра!

    Bye, Ales! See you tomorrow!

    Word by Word: Be-well, Ales! Until tomorrow!

  3. Бывайце, сябры!

    Bye, friends!

    Word by Word: Be-well, friends!

    Бывайце is for more than one person.

  4. Дзякуй за вечар. Да сустрэчы!

    Thanks for the evening. See you!

    Word by Word: Thanks for evening. Until meeting!

  5. Шчасліва! Да панядзелка!

    Take care! See you on Monday!

    Word by Word: Happily! Until Monday!

    Панядзелак (Monday) is in the genitive after да.

Common Mistakes

  • Leaving the noun after да in its basic form.

    Да пабачэнне!
    Да пабачэння!

    Да takes the genitive case, so пабачэнне becomes пабачэння.

  • Saying бывай to a group.

    Бывай, сябры!
    Бывайце, сябры!

    Бывай is for one person. Add -це when you speak to several people.

How It Connects

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да пабачэнняLevel 1Saying Goodbye

Learn This First

Saying goodbye follows saying hello.

Words in This Pattern

да пабачэннядасустрэча