Questions & Answers about Zakończenie książki było smutne.
What does zakończenie mean and what is its gender?
Zakończenie is a noun meaning “ending” or “conclusion.” In Polish it is neuter gender, so any adjectives or past‐tense verbs referring to it must also take the neuter form.
Why does zakończenie end with -nie?
Why is książki in the genitive case?
In Polish you say “the ending of something” as zakończenie czegoś, which requires the genitive. So książka (book) changes to książki (of the book).
Why do we use było instead of była or był?
Why does smutne end with -e?