пры ўмове, што

On Condition That

Level 5Sounds Like pry ŭmove, što

Use пры ўмове, што to set a condition: Я пагаджуся пры ўмове, што ты дапаможаш. (I will agree provided that you help.)

How It Works

Пры ўмове, што introduces a condition that must be met: Я пагаджуся пры ўмове, што ты дапаможаш. (I will agree provided that you help.) Compared with a plain калі (if), it stresses that without the condition the deal is off. Толькі makes that even stronger: толькі пры ўмове, што... (only on condition that...).

Tense. Use the future for a future condition, just as with калі: пры ўмове, што не будзе дажджу (provided that it does not rain).

With a noun. Drop што and use the genitive: пры ўмове добрага надвор'я (weather permitting), пры ўмове аплаты (subject to payment).

Synonym. З умовай, што means the same and is common when someone agrees to give or allow something: Яна дала мне кнігу з умовай, што я прачытаю яе за тыдзень.

Spelling. Пры ends in a vowel, so умове always starts with ў in this phrase, as the rule for у and ў after a vowel requires. Put a comma before што, as in any complex sentence.

Examples (5)

  1. Я пагаджуся пры ўмове, што ты дапаможаш.

    I will agree provided that you help.

    Word by Word: I will-agree at condition, that you will-help.

  2. Мы паедзем на возера пры ўмове, што не будзе дажджу.

    We will go to the lake provided that it does not rain.

    Word by Word: We will-go to lake at condition, that not will-be rain.

    The future tense for a future condition.

  3. Пры ўмове добрага надвор'я экскурсія адбудзецца ў суботу.

    Weather permitting, the tour will take place on Saturday.

    Word by Word: At condition of-good weather excursion will-take-place on Saturday.

    With a noun, use the genitive and no што.

  4. Можаш узяць маю машыну, але толькі пры ўмове, што вернеш яе да вечара.

    You can take my car, but only on condition that you return it by evening.

    Word by Word: You-can take my car, but only at condition, that you-will-return it by evening.

  5. Яна дала мне кнігу з умовай, што я прачытаю яе за тыдзень.

    She gave me the book on condition that I read it within a week.

    Word by Word: She gave me book with condition, that I will-read it in week.

Common Mistakes

  • Writing у after пры.

    Я пагаджуся пры умове, што ты дапаможаш.
    Я пагаджуся пры ўмове, што ты дапаможаш.

    Пры ends in a vowel, so the next word's unstressed у is written ў.

  • Leaving out што before the clause.

    Я пагаджуся пры ўмове ты дапаможаш.
    Я пагаджуся пры ўмове, што ты дапаможаш.

    A clause after пры ўмове needs што, with a comma before it.

  • Using the nominative after пры ўмове.

    Пры ўмове добрае надвор'е экскурсія адбудзецца ў суботу.
    Пры ўмове добрага надвор'я экскурсія адбудзецца ў суботу.

    Without што, пры ўмове takes a genitive noun: добрага надвор'я.

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пры ўмове, штоLevel 5On Condition That

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On condition that needs conditions and commas.

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