Moja rodzina zawsze gotuje obiad w kuchni.

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Breakdown of Moja rodzina zawsze gotuje obiad w kuchni.

• w: in
• zawsze: always
• kuchnia: the kitchen

Questions & Answers about Moja rodzina zawsze gotuje obiad w kuchni.

Why is it moja rodzina, not mój rodzina?

Because rodzina is a feminine singular noun in Polish, and the possessive adjective my has to agree with it.

So:

• mój = masculine singular
• moja = feminine singular
• moje = neuter singular

Since rodzina is feminine, you say moja rodzina = my family.

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Why is gotuje singular? A family has several people, so why not gotują?

In Polish, rodzina is grammatically singular, even though it refers to a group of people.

So the verb agrees with the noun rodzina, not with the individual family members:

• rodzina gotuje = the family cooks
• ludzie gotują = people cook

This is similar to English my family cooks, which is also often singular.

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What exactly does rodzina mean here?