Breakdown of Muszę udokumentować szkodę majątkową.
musieć
must
szkoda majątkowa
property damage
udokumentować
to document with evidence
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Questions & Answers about Muszę udokumentować szkodę majątkową.
Why is it muszę and not ja muszę?
In Polish, the subject pronoun is often omitted because the verb ending already shows who is doing the action.
- muszę = I must / I have to
- the ending -ę tells you it is 1st person singular: I
So Muszę udokumentować szkodę majątkową is completely natural. You can say Ja muszę..., but that usually adds emphasis, for example:
- Ja muszę to zrobić, nie ty. = I have to do it, not you.
What exactly is the form muszę?
Muszę is the 1st person singular present tense of musieć = to have to / must.
A few forms of musieć:
- muszę = I must
- musisz = you must
- musi = he/she/it must
- musimy = we must
- musicie = you all must
- muszą = they must
So in this sentence, muszę means I have to.
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