заради / поради

Because of

Level 4Sounds Like zaradi i poradi

Заради дъжда останахме вкъщи. (Because of the rain we stayed home.) Поради ремонт магазинът е затворен. (The shop is closed for renovation.)

How It Works

1. Заради: an everyday cause. Не дойдох заради лошото време. (I didn't come because of the bad weather.) It often suggests blame: Заради теб закъсняхме! (We're late because of you!)

2. Заради: for someone's sake. Останаха заедно заради децата. (They stayed together for the sake of the children.) Поради does not have this meaning.

3. Поради: a more formal cause. For a cause, it means the same as заради, but it is more common in notices, news and official letters, often with a noun without an article: поради ремонт, поради болест, поради лошо време. Fixed phrases include поради това (for that reason) and поради факта, че (due to the fact that).

4. Pronouns. After a preposition, use the full pronoun: заради мен, заради нея, never a short form.

5. Before a clause. Заради and поради take a noun, while защото takes a clause: Останахме вкъщи, защото валеше. A formal clause connector is тъй като. The formal preposition вследствие на instead takes a noun phrase.

For a good cause, благодарение на (thanks to) sounds more natural than заради: Благодарение на теб успях. (Thanks to you, I made it.)

Examples (6)

  1. Заради дъжда останахме вкъщи.

    Because of the rain we stayed home.

  2. Поради ремонт магазинът е затворен.

    The shop is closed for renovation.

    Typical notice style: поради + noun without an article.

  3. Заради теб закъсняхме!

    We're late because of you!

    Заради often suggests blame.

  4. Направих го заради децата.

    I did it for the children's sake.

  5. Полетът беше отменен поради силния вятър.

    The flight was cancelled due to the strong wind.

  6. Поради това решихме да отложим срещата.

    For that reason, we decided to postpone the meeting.

Common Mistakes

  • Putting a clause after заради.

    Заради вали, останахме вкъщи.
    Заради дъжда останахме вкъщи.

    Заради is a preposition and needs a noun. With a verb, use защото: Останахме вкъщи, защото валеше.

  • Using a short pronoun after the preposition.

    Заради ме закъсняха.
    Заради мен закъсняха.

    Prepositions take the full pronoun: заради мен, заради него.

  • Using поради for "for someone's sake".

    Остана поради мен.
    Остана заради мен.

    Only заради means for someone's sake. Поради only names a cause.

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заради / порадиLevel 4Because of

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Because of follows reason clauses.

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