Word
Sadzonka ma korzeń.
Meaning
The plant cutting has a root.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Questions & Answers about Sadzonka ma korzeń.
What are the basic grammar roles of the words in Sadzonka ma korzeń?
Sadzonka is the subject of the sentence, so it is in the nominative case.
ma is the verb.
korzeń is the direct object, so it is in the accusative case.
So the structure is:
subject + verb + object
Sadzonka + ma + korzeń
Why is the verb ma?
Ma is the 3rd person singular form of the verb mieć, which means to have.
A few useful forms are:
- ja mam = I have
- ty masz = you have
- on / ona / ono ma = he / she / it has
- my mamy = we have
- wy macie = you have
- oni / one mają = they have
Since sadzonka is a singular noun, Polish uses ma.
Is sadzonka feminine, and does that matter here?