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Belarusian
Pronunciation
Adverb
чаму́ • (čamú)
- why
- Near-synonym: наво́шта (navóšta)
- Чаму́ ты так ду́маеш? ― Čamú ty tak dúmaješ? ― Why do you think so?
Usage notes
- чаму́ (čamú) and наво́шта (navóšta) can both be translated as "Why?", but they differ in that чаму́ means "For what reason?/On what grounds?" whereas наво́шта means "For what purpose?/To what end?". Sometimes the words are interchangeable, but sometimes one is more appropriate than the other.
References
- “чаму” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org