прывітанне

Informal Greetings

Level 1Sounds Like pryvítanne

Прывітанне! is the friendly hi. Вітаю! is a warm hello that also suits a group or an audience.

How It Works

Прывітанне is for people you call ты: friends, family, classmates. With strangers, older people or at work, the safe choice is Добры дзень. See добры дзень.

Вітаю literally means "I greet (you)". It is warm and polite, so it works when you open a message, greet a group, or welcome guests. With several people you can say Вітаем! (We greet you!).

Вітаць з + the instrumental means to congratulate: Вітаю з днём нараджэння! (Happy birthday!), Вітаю з Новым годам! (Happy New Year!). See з + творны сумеснасці.

Прывітанне is a noun: Перадай прывітанне means "Pass on my greetings". It is spelled with a double н.

In casual speech you will also hear прывет. It is a real Belarusian word, but many speakers feel it is close to Russian, so this course uses прывітанне.

Examples (5)

  1. Прывітанне, Алесь! Як справы?

    Hi, Ales! How are you?

    Word by Word: Greeting, Ales! How things?

  2. Прывітанне ўсім!

    Hi, everyone!

    Word by Word: Greeting to-all!

    Усім is written ўсім after the vowel at the end of прывітанне.

  3. Вітаю, сябры!

    Hello, friends!

    Word by Word: I-greet, friends!

    A warm greeting for a group.

  4. Перадай прывітанне маме.

    Say hi to your mom for me.

    Word by Word: Pass greeting to-mom.

    Here прывітанне is a noun, "greetings".

  5. Вітаю з днём нараджэння!

    Happy birthday!

    Word by Word: I-greet with day of-birth!

    Вітаць з + the instrumental means to congratulate.

Common Mistakes

  • Leaving the occasion after з in its basic form.

    Вітаю з дзень нараджэння!
    Вітаю з днём нараджэння!

    Вітаць з takes the instrumental case, so дзень becomes днём.

  • Writing прывітанне with one н.

    Прывітане!
    Прывітанне!

    The word ends in -нне with a double н.

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прывітаннеLevel 1Informal Greetings

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Informal greetings are learned against the neutral ones.

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