перайсці / пераходзіць
Crossing with Перайсці and Пераходзіць
Перайдзі вуліцу тут. (Cross the street here.) The prefix пера- means going across.
How It Works
- перайсці (perfective, one crossing): перайду, пяройдзеш, пяройдзе, пяройдзем, пяройдзеце, пяройдуць; past перайшоў, перайшла, перайшлі; imperative перайдзі.
- пераходзіць (imperfective): пераходжу, пераходзіш. Тут нельга пераходзіць вуліцу. (You can't cross the street here.)
Why пяройдзеш? When the stress falls on -ро-, the е just before it is written я (yakanye): пяро́йдзеш. In перайду́ the stress is further away, so the е stays.
What you cross. Usually the accusative with no preposition: перайсці вуліцу, дарогу, мяжу (border). For a river or other obstacle, цераз is common: перайсці цераз раку. Праз means through or across: перайсці праз мост.
Moving and switching. The verb also means moving from one place or state to another: перайсці ў другі пакой (to go into another room), перайсці ў іншую школу (to change schools), перайсці на беларускую мову (to switch to Belarusian), перайсці на ты (to start using the informal ты).
By vehicle, use пераехаць (пераеду; пераехаў), which also means to move house: Мы пераехалі ў Мінск. (We moved to Minsk.) The meanings of redoing and overdoing, as in перачытаць, belong to the prefix пера- on other verbs.
Examples (6)
- Тут нельга пераходзіць вуліцу.
You can't cross the street here.
Word by Word: Here not-allowed to-cross street.
- Перайдзі дарогу на зялёнае святло.
Cross the road when the light is green.
Word by Word: Cross road on green light.
- Мы перайшлі цераз раку па мосце.
We crossed the river by the bridge.
Word by Word: We crossed over river along bridge.
- Мой сын перайшоў у іншую школу.
My son moved to a different school.
Word by Word: My son crossed into other school.
- На працы мы перайшлі на беларускую мову.
At work we switched to Belarusian.
Word by Word: At work we crossed onto Belarusian language.
- Давай пяройдзем на ты.
Let's switch to ты.
Word by Word: Let's cross onto ты.
A friendly offer to stop using the polite вы.
Common Mistakes
Keeping е when the stress falls on the next syllable.
Давай перайдзем на ты.Давай пяройдзем на ты.In forms stressed on -ро-, the е right before the stress is written я: пяройдзем, пяройдзеш.
Adding на when you mean crossing the street.
Перайдзі на вуліцу.Перайдзі вуліцу.To cross something, make it the direct object: перайдзі вуліцу. На вуліцу means out into the street, which is not a crossing.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Crossing follows arriving.
Related Patterns
- празThrough, In and Because of with Праз
The preposition for through or across: праз мост.
Level 3 - Yakanye: е and ё Written as я before the Stress
Why the stressed forms are written пяройдзеш.
Level 1 - The Prefix пера- for Redoing and OverdoingRedoing and Overdoing with Пера-
Other meanings of пера-: doing again or doing too much.
Level 5 - выйсці / выходзіцьExiting with Выйсці and Выходзіць
Another prefixed pair built on ісці and хадзіць.
Level 3 - пайсці / паехацьSetting Off with Пайсці and Паехаць
The па- pair, for comparison with пера-.
Level 3 - Consonant Changes in Verb Forms
Why the я form is пераходжу.
Level 3
Words in This Pattern
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