Word
Przedsiębiorca ma sklep internetowy.
Meaning
The trader has an online shop.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Przedsiębiorca ma sklep internetowy.
mieć
to have
przedsiębiorca
the trader
sklep internetowy
the online shop
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Questions & Answers about Przedsiębiorca ma sklep internetowy.
Why does przedsiębiorca end in -a if it refers to a man?
This is a very common point of confusion.
Przedsiębiorca is a masculine noun, even though it ends in -a, which often signals a feminine noun in Polish. Polish has a small group of masculine personal nouns like this, especially for professions or roles.
So in this sentence:
- przedsiębiorca = masculine, singular, nominative
- it means entrepreneur / business owner
A female-specific form also exists: przedsiębiorczyni.
What does ma mean, and what is the basic verb form?
Ma means has.
It comes from the verb mieć = to have.
So:
- ja mam = I have
- ty masz = you have
- on / ona / ono ma = he / she / it has
In the sentence Przedsiębiorca ma sklep internetowy, ma is the 3rd person singular form, because the subject is przedsiębiorca.
Why is there no word for a or an before sklep internetowy?