у + Day of the Week

Days of the Week with У

Level 2Sounds Like u + dzenʹ tydnâ

У + accusative says on a day: у панядзелак (on Monday), у пятніцу (on Friday).

How It Works

The days. The day name alone is in the nominative: Сёння серада (Today is Wednesday). To say on that day, use у and the accusative:

  • панядзелак (Monday) → у панядзелак
  • аўторак (Tuesday) → у аўторак
  • серада (Wednesday) → у сераду
  • чацвер (Thursday) → у чацвер
  • пятніца (Friday) → у пятніцу
  • субота (Saturday) → у суботу
  • нядзеля (Sunday) → у нядзелю

The masculine days do not change, as in the inanimate accusative. The feminine days take -у/-ю, as in the feminine accusative.

Next and last. An adjective agrees with the day: у наступны панядзелак (next Monday), у наступную пятніцу (next Friday), у мінулую нядзелю (last Sunday).

Every week. With кожны (every), leave out у: кожную суботу (every Saturday), кожны чацвер (every Thursday).

Spelling. After a word ending in a vowel, у is written ў: Сустрэнемся ў сераду. See у and ў. Day names are written with a small letter unless they start a sentence.

Months work differently: they use у with the locative. See months with у.

Examples (6)

  1. У панядзелак я працую.

    I work on Monday.

    Word by Word: On Monday I work.

  2. Сустрэнемся ў сераду.

    Let's meet on Wednesday.

    Word by Word: We-will-meet on Wednesday.

    Серада becomes сераду, and у is written ў after the vowel.

  3. У пятніцу мы ідзём у кіно.

    On Friday we are going to the cinema.

    Word by Word: On Friday we go to cinema.

  4. Што ты робіш у суботу?

    What are you doing on Saturday?

    Word by Word: What you do on Saturday?

  5. Крама не працуе ў нядзелю.

    The shop is closed on Sunday.

    Word by Word: Shop not works on Sunday.

  6. Кожную суботу мы ездзім да бабулі.

    Every Saturday we go to Grandma's.

    Word by Word: Every Saturday we ride to grandma.

    With кожны (every), no у is needed.

Common Mistakes

  • Using the locative, as with months and places.

    Мы сустрэнемся ў серадзе.
    Мы сустрэнемся ў сераду.

    Days of the week take the accusative. Серадзе is the locative form.

  • Leaving a feminine day in its dictionary form.

    Я прыйду ў пятніца.
    Я прыйду ў пятніцу.

    Пятніца is feminine, so after у it takes -у.

  • Writing a day name with a capital letter.

    Мы адпачываем у Нядзелю.
    Мы адпачываем у нядзелю.

    Belarusian writes the days of the week with a small letter.

How It Connects

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у + Day of the WeekLevel 2Days of the Week with У

Learn This First

Days need the accusative.

Words in This Pattern

панядзелакаўтораксерадачацверпятніцасуботанядзеля