The Prepositions “blagodarja” and “izza”

The preposition “blagodarja” denotes a positive cause that makes an action or state possible or contributes to its occurrence.

On bistro rešat zadači blagodarja svoj soobraziteljnostj.
He solves problems quickly thanks to his resourcefulness.
Projekt bǐl zacončjen vsrok blagodarja usilii ot komanda.
The project was completed on time thanks to the team's efforts.
Oni smog pobeditj v sorevnovanii blagodarja svoj ljubovj-na-trud.
They were able to win the competition thanks to their diligence.

The preposition “izza” expresses causal relations in two cases:

1. It indicates a negative cause that leads to an action or state. It corresponds to the Russian preposition “из-за”(“because of”, “due to”).

2. It is used when the cause of an action is an emotion or a character trait. In this case, it corresponds to the Russian preposition “из” in expressions such as из скромности (“out of modesty”), из вежливости (“out of politeness”), из жадности (“out of greed”), из робости (“out of shyness”), из гордости (“out of pride”), из упрямства (“out of stubbornness”), из любопытства (“out of curiosity”), из любви (“out of love”), из ненависти (“out of hatred”), из уважения (“out of respect”), из благодарности (“out of gratitude”), из жалости (“out of pity”), из ревности (“out of jealousy”), из зависти (“out of envy”), and из страха (“out of fear”).

On opoždal na vstrječja izza trafik.
He was late for the meeting because of traffic.
Eto koncert bǐl otmjenjen izza njepogoda.
The concert was cancelled because of bad weather.
Oni ne smog zacončitj projekt izza nedostatok na resursǐ.
They were unable to complete the project because of a lack of resources.

Examples with emotions and character traits

On delat eto izza strah.
He does it out of fear.
Ona skazal eto izza vežlivostj.
She said it out of politeness.
On otkazalsja izza gordostj.
He refused out of pride.
On pošol tuda izza ljubopytstvo.
He went there out of curiosity.
Ona sdelal eto izza blagodarostj.
She did it out of gratitude.
Ona prijnal podarok izza uvaženije.
She accepted the gift out of respect.
On ne smog poidti izza bolěznj.
He could not go because of illness.
On izvinilsja izza vežlivostj.
He apologized out of politeness.
On dejstvoval izza strah.
He acted out of fear.
Ona govoril eto izza družba.
She said it out of friendliness.
On prišol pomogti izza sočjustvije.
He came to help out of compassion.

The causal preposition “izza” should be distinguished from “iz-za”, which denotes the starting position of movement.

Motorcycle pojavilsja iz-za povorot.
The motorcycle appeared from behind the bend.