Breakdown of My będziemy rozmawiać o ważnych sprawach po kolacji.
ważny
important
kolacja
the dinner
o
about
rozmawiać
to talk
sprawa
the matter
po
after
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Questions & Answers about My będziemy rozmawiać o ważnych sprawach po kolacji.
What does the subject pronoun My mean in this sentence, and is it necessary to include it in Polish?
My means “we.” In Polish, subject pronouns are often omitted because the verb conjugation already shows the subject. However, including My can add clarity or emphasis, especially for learners who are still getting used to the language.
How is the future tense formed in this sentence with będziemy and rozmawiać?
The sentence uses a periphrastic future construction. For imperfective verbs like rozmawiać (“to talk”), Polish forms the future tense by combining the correct form of the auxiliary verb być with the infinitive of the main verb. Here, będziemy is the first-person plural future form of być, so będziemy rozmawiać means “we will be talking” or “we will talk.”
Why is the verb rozmawiać kept in the infinitive form after będziemy?
Because rozmawiać is imperfective, Polish requires that the future tense be expressed with the auxiliary będziemy plus the infinitive of the main verb. This construction stresses the ongoing or habitual aspect of the action, which differs from how perfective verbs are used (where the verb is conjugated directly in the future).
What role does the preposition o play, and what case does it govern in the following noun phrase?
The preposition o means “about.” It introduces the subject of the conversation. In Polish, o governs a noun phrase in the locative case. That is why the noun sprawa appears as sprawach (the locative plural form) after it.
How do the words ważnych sprawach illustrate adjective–noun agreement and case usage?
Ważnych sprawach translates as “important matters.” The adjective ważnych and the noun sprawach are both in the locative plural form. In Polish, adjectives must agree with the noun in gender, number, and case, so after the preposition o, both words conform to the locative plural form.
What is the function of the phrase po kolacji, and why is kolacji in its particular form?
The phrase po kolacji means “after dinner.” The preposition po is used to indicate a point in time following an event, and it always requires the noun to be in the locative case. Thus, kolacja (dinner) becomes kolacji to meet the case requirement.