дзякуючы + Dative

Thanks to with Дзякуючы

Level 4Sounds Like dzâkuûčy + davalʹny

Дзякуючы табе, я здаў экзамен. (Thanks to you, I passed the exam.) The noun or pronoun after дзякуючы is in the dative.

How It Works

Dative. Ask чаму? or каму?:

  • pronouns: дзякуючы мне, табе, яму, ёй, нам, вам, ім
  • feminine -а becomes -е, often with a consonant change (дапамога → дзякуючы дапамозе), or -ы after ц, ж, ш, ч, р (праца → дзякуючы працы). See dative singular endings.
  • masculine and neuter take -у/-ю: дзякуючы надвор'ю, дзякуючы доктару

Mostly good results. Дзякуючы keeps a trace of thanks, so it suits a cause you are glad about or a neutral one: Мы добра адпачылі дзякуючы цёпламу надвор'ю. For a cause of something bad, use з-за + genitive or праз + accusative: З-за дажджу матч адмянілі. (The match was cancelled because of the rain.)

With a clause: дзякуючы таму, што: Дзякуючы таму што мы выйшлі рана, мы не спазніліся. (Because we left early, we were not late.) Таму is the dative of тое. At the start of a sentence the conjunction stays whole and the comma follows the clause. After the main clause, one comma goes before што or before дзякуючы: Мы не спазніліся дзякуючы таму, што выйшлі рана.

Commas. A phrase with дзякуючы at the start of a sentence is often followed by a comma, especially when it is long: Дзякуючы дапамозе сяброў, мы паспелі. Inside or at the end of a sentence it usually has none.

Also a verb form. Дзякуючы is also the adverbial participle of дзякаваць and then means thanking: Ён развітаўся, дзякуючы ўсім за дапамогу. (He said goodbye, thanking everyone for their help.)

Examples (5)

  1. Дзякуючы табе, я здаў экзамен.

    Thanks to you, I passed the exam.

    Word by Word: Thanks-to you-DAT, I passed exam.

  2. Дзякуючы дапамозе сяброў, мы паспелі.

    Thanks to our friends' help, we made it in time.

    Word by Word: Thanks-to help-DAT of-friends, we made-it.

  3. Мы добра адпачылі дзякуючы цёпламу надвор'ю.

    We had a good rest thanks to the warm weather.

    Word by Word: We well rested thanks-to warm-DAT weather-DAT.

  4. Ён хутка паправіўся дзякуючы добрым лекарам.

    He recovered quickly thanks to good doctors.

    Word by Word: He quickly recovered thanks-to good-DAT doctors-DAT.

  5. Дзякуючы таму што мы выйшлі рана, мы не спазніліся.

    Because we left early, we were not late.

    Word by Word: Thanks-to that-DAT, that we left early, we not were-late.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the genitive after дзякуючы.

    Дзякуючы дапамогі сяброў, мы паспелі.
    Дзякуючы дапамозе сяброў, мы паспелі.

    Дзякуючы takes the dative. The dative of дапамога is дапамозе, with г changing to з.

  • Using дзякуючы for a cause of something bad.

    Дзякуючы дажджу матч адмянілі.
    З-за дажджу матч адмянілі.

    The grammar is fine, but дзякуючы sounds as if the rain did something good, which is not what you mean. For a cause of something bad, use з-за or праз.

  • Putting тое in the wrong case before a clause.

    Дзякуючы таго што мы выйшлі рана, мы не спазніліся.
    Дзякуючы таму што мы выйшлі рана, мы не спазніліся.

    Тое must also be in the dative after дзякуючы: таму.

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дзякуючы + DativeLevel 4Thanks to with Дзякуючы

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Thanks to needs the dative and дзякаваць.

Words in This Pattern

дзякуючытой