Word
Jedwab, aksamit i dzianina mają różne wzory.
Meaning
Silk, velvet, and knitted fabric have different patterns.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Jedwab, aksamit i dzianina mają różne wzory.
mieć
to have
i
and
różny
different
wzór
a decorative pattern
Questions & Answers about Jedwab, aksamit i dzianina mają różne wzory.
Why is the verb mają used here instead of ma?
Because the subject is a list of three things: jedwab, aksamit i dzianina. In Polish, just like in English, a compound subject takes a plural verb.
- ma = has (singular)
- mają = have (plural)
So:
- Jedwab ma... = Silk has...
- Jedwab, aksamit i dzianina mają... = Silk, velvet, and knit fabric have...
What case are jedwab, aksamit, and dzianina in?
They are in the nominative case, because they are the subject of the sentence.
The sentence is about what these materials have, so they are the doers of the action grammatically.
- jedwab — nominative singular
- aksamit — nominative singular
- dzianina — nominative singular
Even though there are three nouns, each one stays in its own singular nominative form as part of the list.
Why is it różne wzory and not różni or różny wzory?