падабацца

Belarusian

Etymology

Possibly from Polish podobać się, cognates include Ukrainian подо́батися (podóbatysja).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [padaˈbat͡sːa]
  • (file)

Verb

падаба́цца • (padabácca) impf (perfective спадаба́цца)

  1. to like (the person who likes takes the dative case; the person or thing liked takes the nominative case)
    падаба́ецца нам гэ́та ці не ― padabájecca nam héta ci nje ― whether we like it or not
    Мне падаба́ецца гэ́ты фільм. ― Mnje padabájecca héty filʹm. ― I like this movie. (literally, “To me, this movie is pleasurable.”)

Conjugation

References

  • “падабацца” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org
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