хоць / хаця
Although with Хоць and Хаця
Хоць and хаця mean although: Хоць было холадна, мы пайшлі гуляць. (Although it was cold, we went for a walk.)
How It Works
Хоць and хаця introduce a concession: something that is true but does not change the result. Both mean although or even though.
- Хоць было холадна, мы пайшлі гуляць. (Although it was cold, we went for a walk.)
- Мы пайшлі гуляць, хаця ішоў дождж. (We went for a walk although it was raining.)
Which one? Хоць is the neutral word for writing and speech. Dictionaries mark хаця as conversational, but it means exactly the same thing.
Order and commas. The хоць clause can come before or after the main clause. It is always separated by a comma. See commas in complex sentences.
Хоць і … але. For stronger contrast, add і after хоць and put але (or а) in the other part: Дом хоць і стары, але ўтульны. (The house may be old, but it is cozy.) This pair is standard Belarusian.
With a noun, use нягледзячы на. Хоць joins a whole clause. Before a noun, use нягледзячы на: Нягледзячы на холад, мы пайшлі гуляць.
Another meaning: at least. As a particle before a word, хоць means at least: Дай мне хоць кавалачак хлеба. (Give me at least a little piece of bread.) See also хоць бы.
The Russian word хотя is not Belarusian.
Examples (6)
- Хоць было холадна, мы пайшлі гуляць.
Although it was cold, we went for a walk.
Word by Word: Although was cold, we went to-walk.
- Хаця ён стаміўся, ён працаваў да вечара.
Although he was tired, he worked until evening.
Word by Word: Although he got-tired, he worked until evening.
- Мы пайшлі гуляць, хоць ішоў дождж.
We went for a walk although it was raining.
Word by Word: We went to-walk, although was-going rain.
- Дом хоць і стары, але ўтульны.
The house may be old, but it is cozy.
Word by Word: House although and old, but cozy.
Хоць і … але gives stronger contrast.
- Яна прыйшла на працу, хаця і адчувала сябе дрэнна.
She came to work even though she felt unwell.
Word by Word: She came to work, although and felt herself badly.
- Дай мне хоць кавалачак хлеба.
Give me at least a little piece of bread.
Word by Word: Give me at-least piece-little of-bread.
Here хоць is a particle meaning at least, not although.
Common Mistakes
Using the Russian word хотя.
Хотя было холадна, мы пайшлі гуляць.Хоць было холадна, мы пайшлі гуляць.Хотя is Russian. Use хоць or хаця.
Using нягледзячы на directly before a clause.
Нягледзячы на было холадна, мы пайшлі гуляць.Хоць было холадна, мы пайшлі гуляць.Нягледзячы на needs a noun or тое, што. Use хоць before a clause, or say Нягледзячы на тое, што было холадна.
Leaving out the comma.
Хоць было холадна мы пайшлі гуляць.Хоць было холадна, мы пайшлі гуляць.The хоць clause is always separated from the main clause by a comma.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Although follows але.
Related Patterns
- нягледзячы наDespite with Нягледзячы На
Says the same thing before a noun: нягледзячы на холад.
Level 4 - хоць быIf Only and at Least with Хоць Бы
Хоць with бы means if only or at least.
Level 5 - дарма штоEven Though with Дарма Што
Another way to say even though, used in speech and in literature.
Level 6 - Commas in Complex Sentences
Explains the comma that separates the хоць clause.
Level 4
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