поради / заради

Because of

Level 3Sounds Like poradi; zaradi

To say because of with a noun, use поради or заради: Поради дождот не излеговме. (Because of the rain, we did not go out.)

How It Works

Cause with a noun

  • Поради дождот не излеговме. (Because of the rain, we did not go out.)
  • Возот доцни поради снегот. (The train is late because of the snow.)
  • Продавницата е затворена поради реновирање. (The shop is closed for renovation.)

The cause can come first or last in the sentence.

Заради: cause or purpose
Заради can mean because of, as in Заради тебе го пропуштив автобусот. (Because of you I missed the bus.) It can also mean for the sake of or for the purpose of: Го направив тоа заради тебе. (I did it for you.) Context tells you which.

With a clause
These words cannot be followed directly by a verb. Use a conjunction instead (see бидејќи; затоа што), or the phrase поради тоа што:

  • Бидејќи врнеше, не излеговме. (Because it was raining, we did not go out.)
  • Поради тоа што бев болен, не дојдов на работа. (Because I was ill, I did not come to work.)

For a cause that is a feeling, such as crying for joy, Macedonian often uses од (see од за причина). For a good cause, благодарение на means thanks to (see благодарение на; во врска со; во однос на).

Examples (6)

  1. Поради дождот не излеговме.

    Because of the rain, we did not go out.

    Word by Word: Because-of rain-the not we-went-out.

  2. Возот доцни поради снегот.

    The train is late because of the snow.

    Word by Word: Train-the is-late because-of snow-the.

  3. Заради тебе го пропуштив автобусот.

    Because of you, I missed the bus.

    Word by Word: Because-of you it I-missed bus-the.

  4. Продавницата е затворена поради реновирање.

    The shop is closed for renovation.

    Word by Word: Shop-the is closed because-of renovation.

  5. Го направив тоа заради тебе.

    I did it for you.

    Word by Word: It I-did that for-sake-of you.

    Here заради gives the purpose or the person it was done for, not a cause.

  6. Поради тоа што бев болен, не дојдов на работа.

    Because I was ill, I did not come to work.

    Word by Word: Because-of that what I-was ill, not I-came to work.

    Поради тоа што lets поради introduce a whole clause.

Common Mistakes

  • Putting a verb straight after поради.

    Поради врнеше, не излеговме.
    Бидејќи врнеше, не излеговме.

    Поради is a preposition and needs a noun: поради дождот. Before a verb, use бидејќи, затоа што or поради тоа што.

  • Using затоа што before a plain noun.

    Не излеговме затоа што дождот.
    Не излеговме поради дождот.

    Затоа што introduces a clause with a verb, such as затоа што врнеше. With a noun alone, use поради or заради.

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поради / зарадиLevel 3Because of

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Because of follows giving a reason.

Words in This Pattern

зарадизатоа што