Завдяки університету, я можу стати викладачем.

Thanks to the university, I can become a lecturer.

Breakdown of Завдяки університету, я можу стати викладачем.

• я: I
• могти: to be able
• стати: to become
• завдяки: thanks to
• університет: the university
• викладач: the lecturer

Questions & Answers about Завдяки університету, я можу стати викладачем.

What part of speech is завдяки, and how does it function in the sentence?

завдяки is a preposition meaning “thanks to” or “due to.” It introduces a prepositional phrase that expresses a positive cause or enabling condition for the main clause.

Why is університету in the dative case here?

Because the preposition завдяки requires its object to be in the dative case. The dative marks the entity providing the benefit or cause.

Is the comma after університету required?

The comma is optional. It marks a slight pause after the introductory phrase завдяки університету, but in Ukrainian style you can write the sentence with or without it:
• Завдяки університету я можу стати викладачем.
• Завдяки університету, я можу стати викладачем.

Why is викладачем in the instrumental case?

After verbs like стати (“to become”), the complement indicating the new role or profession takes the instrumental case. Here викладачем (instrumental of викладач) shows what you become.

Could you replace завдяки with дякуючи in this sentence?

In casual speech you might hear дякуючи університету, but in standard Ukrainian завдяки is preferred. дякуючи is a gerund (деєприслівник) of дякувати (“to thank”) and can sound colloquial or even confusing. Use завдяки for a clear “thanks to.”

What’s the difference between завдяки and через when expressing cause?

Both can mean “because of,” but:

• завдяки implies a positive or beneficial cause (“thanks to this, I can…”).
• через is neutral or often carries a negative nuance (“because of this obstacle…”).
  So завдяки університету stresses a positive opportunity.

Can the word order be changed, for example, can you say Я можу стати викладачем завдяки університету?

Yes. Ukrainian has flexible word order. Placing завдяки університету at the end is perfectly fine and shifts the emphasis slightly onto Я можу стати викладачем.

What’s the difference between я можу стати викладачем and я зможу стати викладачем?

• я можу is present tense (“I can become”), focusing on a current ability or possibility.
• я зможу is future tense of the perfective verb змогти (“I will be able to become”), indicating ability in the future. The original uses можу to highlight that the opportunity already exists.