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Breakdown of Podczas awarii trzeba naprawić zepsuty przycisk na panelu.
na
on
przycisk
the button
zepsuty
broken
trzeba
to have to
podczas
during
awaria
the breakdown
naprawić
to repair
panel
the panel
Questions & Answers about Podczas awarii trzeba naprawić zepsuty przycisk na panelu.
Why is podczas followed by awarii instead of awaria?
Podczas is a preposition that always takes the genitive case. The noun awaria (nominative) changes to awarii in the genitive, so you get podczas awarii (“during a breakdown”).
Could I say w czasie awarii instead of podczas awarii?
Yes. W czasie awarii also means “during the breakdown.”
- Podczas is a single-word preposition often used for specific events.
- W czasie is a two-word phrase that’s slightly more formal or descriptive but equally correct here.
Why is there no explicit subject in this sentence? What role does trzeba play?
Trzeba is an impersonal modal verb meaning “one must” or “it’s necessary to.” It never has a personal subject; the person is general/unspecified. After trzeba, you always use an infinitive.
Why is the verb naprawić in the infinitive form and not conjugated?
Because trzeba requires an infinitive. You say trzeba naprawić (“it is necessary to fix”) rather than naprawisz or naprawia.
Why use naprawić (perfective) instead of naprawiać (imperfective)?
Naprawić is perfective and indicates completing the action of fixing the broken button. Naprawiać (imperfective) would suggest an ongoing or habitual process, not a one-time repair.
Why is the adjective zepsuty used, and how does it agree with przycisk?
Zepsuty means “broken.” It agrees in gender, number, and case with przycisk (a masculine inanimate noun). In the accusative, masculine inanimate nouns have the same form as the nominative, so zepsuty przycisk is correct for the object of naprawić.
What case is used in na panelu, and why?
Na indicating location (“on something”) can take the locative case. The noun panel in the locative becomes panelu, so na panelu means “on the panel.”
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