Człowiek lubi ciszę.

to like

Breakdown of Człowiek lubi ciszę.

• cisza: the silence
• człowiek: the person

Questions & Answers about Człowiek lubi ciszę.

What does Człowiek mean here?

Człowiek means a person or human being in a general sense, not specifically a man.

Why is there no article (like a or the) before Człowiek, as in English?

Polish does not have articles. You simply say the noun on its own. Definiteness or indefiniteness is understood from context or added with words like ten (that) or jakiś (some).

Why does cisza change to ciszę? What's that ending?

Cisza is a feminine noun ending in -a. After a verb like lubić (to like), its direct object takes the accusative case. For feminine nouns in the accusative singular, the ending -a changes to -ę, so cisza → ciszę.

Does the verb lubić always require the accusative case?

Yes. Lubić is a transitive verb that governs the accusative case for its direct object. Whenever you like something in Polish, that thing must be in the accusative.

How do you pronounce Człowiek lubi ciszę, and where is the stress?

Roughly: TCHWO-v’yek LOO-bee CHEE-shyeh. Polish stress almost always falls on the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable, so it’s CZWO-wiek, LU-bi, CI-szę.