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Questions & Answers about Sadzonka się ukorzenia.
What does sadzonka mean exactly?
Sadzonka is a gardening word for a young plant prepared for planting. Depending on context, it can be translated as seedling, sapling, or cutting.
In this sentence, the most natural English meaning is often the cutting or the seedling, depending on what kind of plant you are talking about.
It is not a general word for any plant. A more general word would be roślina.
Why is there no word for the or a?
Polish does not have articles, so there is no separate word for a or the.
So Sadzonka się ukorzenia can mean:
- A cutting is taking root
- The cutting is taking root
Context tells you which one is meant.
Why is się there?