Breakdown of Незважаючи на комісію, я скасував переказ коштів.
Questions & Answers about Незважаючи на комісію, я скасував переказ коштів.
What does Незважаючи на mean here?
Незважаючи на means despite or in spite of.
In this sentence, Незважаючи на комісію means despite the fee/commission.
A helpful way to learn it is as a fixed expression: незважаючи на + accusative noun
So:
- незважаючи на дощ = despite the rain
- незважаючи на проблеми = despite the problems
Even though зважати by itself is related to paying attention to / taking into account, in this expression you should usually learn незважаючи на as one unit meaning despite.
Why is комісію written that way, not комісія?
Because незважаючи на requires the accusative case.
The dictionary form is комісія.
In the accusative singular, it becomes комісію.
So:
- nominative: комісія
- accusative: комісію
This is very common with feminine nouns ending in -ія:
- інструкція → інструкцію
- операція → операцію
Does комісія mean a commission, a fee, or something else?
It can mean different things depending on context, but in financial contexts it often means fee, service charge, or commission.
Here, with переказ коштів, the most natural meaning is a transaction fee or transfer fee.
So the phrase likely means:
- despite the fee
- despite the commission charge
In other contexts, комісія can also mean:
- a committee
- a commission in an official sense
Context tells you which meaning is intended.
Why is there a comma after комісію?
Because Незважаючи на комісію is an introductory concessive phrase placed at the start of the sentence.
Ukrainian often separates such opening phrases with a comma:
- Незважаючи на втому, він працював далі.
- Попри труднощі, ми закінчили роботу.
So the comma helps mark the transition from the introductory idea despite the fee to the main clause я скасував переказ коштів.
What does скасував mean exactly?
Скасував means canceled, called off, or revoked, depending on context.
In this sentence, it means I canceled.
The verb is скасувати, which is usually perfective. That means it refers to a completed action:
- я скасував = I canceled / I did cancel
This fits well here, because canceling a transfer is normally a one-time completed action.
Why is it скасував and not some other past-tense form?
Because Ukrainian past tense agrees with gender and number.
Скасував is:
- past tense
- singular
- masculine
So this form tells you the speaker is male, or at least grammatically presented as male.
Other forms would be:
- я скасувала = I canceled (female speaker)
- ми скасували = we canceled
English does not show this in the verb, but Ukrainian does.
What does переказ коштів mean, and why is коштів in that form?
Переказ коштів means transfer of funds or money transfer.
Here:
- переказ = transfer, remittance
- коштів = of funds
Коштів is the genitive plural form of кошти.
This is because Ukrainian often uses the pattern:
noun + genitive
to express something like transfer of funds, price of goods, center of the city, etc.
So:
- переказ коштів = transfer of funds
- обмін валют = exchange of currencies
- продаж квитків = sale of tickets
Why is it коштів and not грошей? Are they different?
Both can work, but they are a little different in tone.
- кошти / коштів is more formal and common in financial, legal, or banking language
- гроші / грошей is the everyday word for money
So:
- переказ коштів sounds formal, technical, or banking-related
- переказ грошей sounds more everyday and conversational
In a sentence about a bank transfer, переказ коштів is very natural.
Could I say Я скасував переказ without коштів?
Yes, you often can.
If the context already makes it clear that you are talking about a money transfer, Я скасував переказ can sound perfectly natural.
Adding коштів makes it more explicit and slightly more formal:
- Я скасував переказ. = I canceled the transfer.
- Я скасував переказ коштів. = I canceled the transfer of funds.
The longer version is especially common in official or banking language.
Is the word order flexible here?
Yes, Ukrainian word order is fairly flexible, though some orders sound more neutral than others.
The given sentence: Незважаючи на комісію, я скасував переказ коштів. is natural and neutral.
You could also say:
- Я скасував переказ коштів, незважаючи на комісію.
But that version may slightly shift the emphasis, making the despite the fee idea feel more like an added comment at the end.
Putting Незважаючи на комісію first highlights the contrast right away.
Could I use попри instead of незважаючи на?
Yes. Попри can also mean despite.
So you could say: Попри комісію, я скасував переказ коштів.
Both are correct. The difference is mostly stylistic:
- незважаючи на is a little longer and often feels slightly more formal or explicit
- попри is shorter and very common
Both require the accusative case:
- попри комісію
- незважаючи на комісію
Is this sentence saying that the fee was high, or just that there was a fee?
By itself, it only says despite the fee. It does not explicitly say the fee was high.
The sentence suggests that the fee was a factor that might have influenced the decision, but it does not explain exactly how large or important it was.
If you wanted to say the fee was high, Ukrainian would usually make that clearer, for example:
- Незважаючи на високу комісію... = Despite the high fee...
- Через високу комісію... = Because of the high fee...
So the original sentence is more neutral.
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