нягледзячы на
Despite with Нягледзячы На
Нягледзячы на дождж, мы пайшлі гуляць. (Despite the rain, we went for a walk.) The noun after на is in the accusative.
How It Works
With a noun: accusative. Ask што? after на:
- нягледзячы на дождж (despite the rain)
- нягледзячы на спёку (despite the heat): feminine -а becomes -у, as in the accusative.
- нягледзячы на позні час (despite the late hour)
With a clause: нягледзячы на тое, што. Нягледзячы на тое што было позна, мы працавалі. (Even though it was late, we kept working.) Тое stands for the whole clause, just as in пра тое, што. The meaning is close to хоць and хаця, which are more common in speech.
Commas. The phrase is usually set off: Ён прыйшоў на працу, нягледзячы на хваробу. A short phrase that is not stressed in speech may go without commas. With a clause at the start of the sentence, keep нягледзячы на тое што together and put the comma after the clause. When the clause comes after the main clause, one comma goes either before што or before the whole conjunction: Мы працавалі нягледзячы на тое, што было позна or Мы працавалі, нягледзячы на тое што было позна.
One word or two? The preposition is one word: нягледзячы на. Written separately, не гледзячы is a negated adverbial participle and means without looking: Ён ішоў, не гледзячы пад ногі. (He walked without looking where he stepped.)
A fixed phrase: нягледзячы ні на што (despite everything, no matter what).
For a helpful cause rather than an obstacle, see дзякуючы.
Examples (5)
- Нягледзячы на дождж, мы пайшлі гуляць.
Despite the rain, we went for a walk.
Word by Word: Despite on rain, we went to-walk.
- Нягледзячы на позні час, у кавярні было шмат людзей.
Despite the late hour, there were a lot of people in the café.
Word by Word: Despite on late time, in café was many people.
- Ён прыйшоў на працу, нягледзячы на хваробу.
He came to work despite his illness.
Word by Word: He came to work, despite on illness.
- Нягледзячы на тое што было позна, мы працавалі.
Even though it was late, we kept working.
Word by Word: Despite on that, that was late, we worked.
- Мы засталіся сябрамі, нягледзячы ні на што.
We stayed friends no matter what.
Word by Word: We remained friends, despite not on what.
Common Mistakes
Leaving out на.
Нягледзячы дождж, мы пайшлі гуляць.Нягледзячы на дождж, мы пайшлі гуляць.The preposition is the whole phrase нягледзячы на. Without на, the noun has nothing to link it to.
Starting a clause without тое.
Нягледзячы на што было позна, мы працавалі.Нягледзячы на тое што было позна, мы працавалі.На needs a word in the accusative. Тое fills that slot, and the што-clause explains it.
Writing the preposition as two words.
Не гледзячы на дождж, мы пайшлі гуляць.Нягледзячы на дождж, мы пайшлі гуляць.As a preposition meaning despite, нягледзячы is one word. Не гледзячы means without looking.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Despite needs the accusative and although.
Related Patterns
- дзякуючы + DativeThanks to with Дзякуючы
Names a helpful cause instead of an obstacle.
Level 4 - Imperfective Adverbial Participles
Гледзячы is the participle the preposition comes from.
Level 4 - дарма штоEven Though with Дарма Што
A more literary conjunction meaning even though.
Level 6 - Commas in Complex Sentences
Comma placement with нягледзячы на тое, што.
Level 4
Words in This Pattern
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