Firma sprawdza ilość elektroodpadów.

to check

Breakdown of Firma sprawdza ilość elektroodpadów.

• firma: the company
• elektroodpady: electronic waste
• ilość: the quantity

Questions & Answers about Firma sprawdza ilość elektroodpadów.

What does firma mean here? Is it the same as English firm?

Here firma means company or business. It is a very common everyday Polish word.

It is related to English firm, but in modern Polish firma is usually the normal word for a company in general, not just a formal or legal-sounding firm.

Depending on context, firma can mean either a company or the company, because Polish does not use articles.

Is firma a feminine noun, and does that matter?

Yes, firma is grammatically feminine.

That matters for agreement in some parts of Polish, especially:

• adjectives
• past tense verbs
• pronouns

In this present-tense sentence, you do not really see the gender on sprawdza, because 3rd person singular present tense looks the same for masculine, feminine, and neuter subjects.

But in the past tense, you would see it:

• Firma sprawdzała ilość elektroodpadów. = The company was checking / checked the amount of e-waste.

The ending -ała shows feminine agreement.

Why is there no word for the or a in the sentence?

Because Polish has no articles.

So:

• firma can mean a company
• firma can also mean the company

You understand which one is meant from context.

This is very normal in Polish, so English speakers often need time to get used to it.