по
[pə]po
across, on, along, down, up, all over, around; for, on, about, in, of; according to, from, by; due to, on account of, out of, from, by
Meanings
- 1
across, on, along, down, up, all over, (all) around+ dative — used broadly to indicate action, typically involving movement, across a surface or across several things in a generally flat plane
- 2
for, on, about, in, of+ dative — used to indicate the object/field/topic that something applies to; or translated with an attributive noun followed by a noun
Я знаю её по имени.
I know her by name.
Tatoeba · marafon · CC BY 2.0 FR
Я знал их всех по именам.
I knew them all by name.
Tatoeba · marafon · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 3
according to, from, by+ dative — used to indicate accordance with, adherence to or judgement based on something
- 4
due to, on account of, out of, from, by+ dative — used to indicate the reason for something, typically undesired/undesirable (see usage notes on из-за (iz-za))
- 5
on, in (the), every (or translated with a plural noun)+ dative — used with time (usually times of day or days of the week) to indicate regular repetition
У меня нет мнения по этому вопросу.
I have no opinion on this topic.
Tatoeba · marafon · CC BY 2.0 FR
Я люблю говорить по телефону.
I like to talk on the phone.
Tatoeba · gregoryguy · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 6
and numbers ending in these words)+ dative — used with numbers when there is distribution among multiple objects or repetition across multiple instances in time (dative case is used with the numbers one, a thousand, a million, a billion, a trillion etc
- 7
or numbers ending in these words)+ accusative — used with numbers when there is distribution among multiple objects or repetition across multiple instances in time (inanimate accusative case is used with numbers other than one, a thousand, a million, a billion, a trillion etc
- 8
Used to indicate something serving as the boundary of the extent of some action+ accusative
- 9
(immediately) after, upon, on+ prepositional — Used to indicate a temporal or spatial boundary
После школы Том посещает дополнительные занятия по математике.
Tom attends maths enrichment classes after school.
Tatoeba · Selena777 · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 10
to the liking of+ prepositionalrare