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What does each word in Dziecko czuje strach mean grammatically?
- Dziecko = child. It is the subject of the sentence.
- czuje = feels / is feeling. This is the 3rd person singular present form of czuć (to feel).
- strach = fear. It is the object of the verb.
So the structure is basically:
subject + verb + object
Dziecko + czuje + strach
Why is it czuje and not czuję or czują?
Because the subject is dziecko, which is third person singular.
Here are the relevant present-tense forms of czuć:
- czuję = I feel
- czujesz = you feel
- czuje = he/she/it feels
- czujemy = we feel
- czujecie = you all feel
- czują = they feel
Since dziecko means the child and is singular, Polish uses czuje.
Why is it strach, not some changed form like ?