спрыяць / перашкаджаць + Dative
Formal Verbs Taking the Dative
Formal verbs like спрыяць and перашкаджаць take the dative: спрыяць развіццю (to promote development), перашкаджаць працы (to hinder work).
How It Works
A group of formal verbs takes a dative object. They are about helping or hindering, trusting, resisting, matching and threatening:
- спрыяць (to favor, to promote): спрыяць развіццю
- перашкаджаць (to hinder, to disturb): перашкаджаць працы, перашкаджаць мне
- давяраць (to trust): давяраць сябрам
- супраціўляцца (to resist): супраціўляцца ціску
- адпавядаць (to match, to meet): адпавядаць патрабаванням
- пагражаць (to threaten): пагражаць вёсцы
They extend the everyday group in verbs taking the dative (дапамагаць, тэлефанаваць, верыць). With перашкаджаць, the action can follow as an infinitive: Шум перашкаджае мне працаваць. (The noise keeps me from working.)
Why this matters. In English, hinder, trust and threaten take a direct object, so learners use the accusative. In Belarusian the object is dative: перашкаджаць мне, not перашкаджаць мяне.
Verbal nouns from these verbs keep the dative: спрыянне развіццю, супраціў ціску.
Examples (6)
- Добрае надвор'е спрыяла ўраджаю.
The good weather helped the harvest.
Word by Word: Good weather favored harvest(dat.).
- Шум перашкаджае мне працаваць.
The noise keeps me from working.
Word by Word: Noise hinders to-me to-work.
- Я давяраю сваім сябрам.
I trust my friends.
Word by Word: I trust own friends(dat.).
- Дрэва доўга супраціўлялася ветру.
The tree resisted the wind for a long time.
Word by Word: Tree long resisted wind(dat.).
- Гэты план адпавядае нашым патрабаванням.
This plan meets our requirements.
Word by Word: This plan matches our requirements(dat.).
- Паводка пагражае вёсцы.
The flood threatens the village.
Word by Word: Flood threatens village(dat.).
Common Mistakes
Using the accusative pronoun after перашкаджаць.
Шум перашкаджае мяне.Шум перашкаджае мне.Перашкаджаць takes the dative: мне, табе, яму.
Using the accusative after спрыяць.
Гэта спрыяе развіццё горада.Гэта спрыяе развіццю горада.Спрыяць takes the dative: развіццю.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Formal dative verbs follow basic ones.
Related Patterns
- дасягнуць / пазбягаць + GenitiveFormal Verbs Taking the Genitive
The parallel group of formal verbs that take the genitive.
Level 5 - Dative Singular Endings
The dative singular endings these verbs need.
Level 2 - Plural Dative, Instrumental and Locative
The dative plural endings -ам and -ям, as in сябрам.
Level 3 - дзякаваць + DativeThanking Someone in the Dative
Another verb where Belarusian uses the dative for the person.
Level 3