оти / дека
Оти and Дека
Дека = that: Сите знаат дека тој зборува три јазици. (Everyone knows that he speaks three languages.) In everyday speech, оти can mean that or because: Ми рече оти ќе дојде. Не дојдов оти бев болен.
How It Works
Дека: that. It reports what someone says, thinks or knows. See дека: Сите знаат дека тој зборува три јазици.
Оти in everyday speech.
- For "that": Ми рече оти ќе дојде. (He told me that he would come.)
- For "because": Не дојдов оти бев болен. (I did not come because I was sick.)
In careful writing, choose the clearer word for each job:
- For "that", use дека: Ми рече дека ќе дојде.
- For "because", use бидејќи or затоа што: Не дојдов затоа што бев болен.
Not with wanting or asking. After verbs like сака, бара and моли, the next verb takes да, not дека or оти: Сакам да дојдеш. (I want you to come.) Compare Мислам дека ќе дојде (I think he will come) with Сакам да дојде (I want him to come).
Examples (6)
- Сите знаат дека тој зборува три јазици.
Everyone knows that he speaks three languages.
Word by Word: All know that he speaks three languages.
- Ми рече оти ќе дојде.
He told me that he would come.
Word by Word: To-me said that will come.
Everyday speech. In careful writing, use дека.
- Не дојдов оти бев болен.
I did not come because I was sick.
Word by Word: Not came-I because was-I sick.
Everyday speech. In careful writing, use затоа што or бидејќи.
- Ми рече дека ќе дојде.
He told me that he would come.
Word by Word: To-me said that will come.
- Не дојдов затоа што бев болен.
I did not come because I was sick.
Word by Word: Not came-I because was-I sick.
- Сакам да дојдеш.
I want you to come.
Word by Word: Want-I to you-come.
After сака, use да, not дека or оти.
Common Mistakes
Using дека or оти after сака.
Сакам дека ќе дојдеш.Сакам да дојдеш.Verbs of wanting and asking are followed by да and a present verb. Дека and оти report facts and thoughts.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Оти is taught against the standard дека, бидејќи and затоа што.
Related Patterns
- мисли дека / мисли на / мисли заSaying What You Think
Verbs of thinking that take дека.
Level 3 - сака да + Present TenseWanting to Do Something
Wanting takes да, not дека or оти.
Level 2 - тоа што / тоа декаFacts as Subjects and Objects
Дека can also build a clause that works as a subject.
Level 5 - Reporting What Someone Said
Дека is the word that reports what someone said.
Level 4
Words in This Pattern
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