пошто

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔʃtɔ]

Conjunction

пошто • (pošto)

1. (nonstandard) because

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐʂˈto]

Adverb

пошто́ • (poštó)

1. (low colloquial) why
   • 1866, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], “Часть I, Глава III”, in Преступление и наказание; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Crime and Punishment, 1914:

     — Ду́ра-то она́ ду́ра, така́я же, как и я, а ты что, у́мник, лежи́шь как мешо́к, ничего́ от тебя́ не вида́ть? Пре́жде, говори́шь, дете́й учи́ть ходи́л, а тепе́рь пошто́ ничего́ не де́лаешь?

     — Dúra-to oná dúra, takája že, kak i ja, a ty što, úmnik, ležíšʹ kak mešók, ničevó ot tebjá ne vidátʹ? Préžde, govoríšʹ, detéj učítʹ xodíl, a tepérʹ poštó ničevó ne délaješʹ?

     "Fool she is and no mistake, just as I am. But why, if you are so clever, do you lie here like a sack and have nothing to show for it? One time you used to go out, you say, to teach children. But why is it you do nothing now?"

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From по- +‎ што.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pôʃto/
• Hyphenation: по‧што

Conjunction

по̏што (Latin spelling pȍšto)

1. (immediately) after (indicating that the action of the main clause occurred after the action of the dependent clause)

   одморили смо се одмах пошто смо стигли ― we rested immediately after we arrived

2. (colloquial) because, due to, since (indicating the cause of the action in the main clause)

   не могу пошто немам времена ― I can't because I do not have (enough) time

Adverb

по̏што (Latin spelling pȍšto)

1. (colloquial) how much (of price)

References

• “пошто”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “пошто”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔʃtɔ]

Noun

по́што • (póšto) f inan

1. vocative singular of по́шта (póšta)