Word
Robi się zimno, jednak idę na spacer.
Meaning
It’s getting cold, but I’m going for a walk.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about Robi się zimno, jednak idę na spacer.
What does Robi się mean in this sentence?
Robić się is an impersonal verb‐reflexive construction meaning “to become” or “to get.” There’s no explicit subject (it’s “impersonal”), so Robi się zimno literally translates to “It becomes cold” or more naturally in English, “It’s getting cold.”
Why is zimno not declined like a regular adjective (e.g. zimny)?
Here zimno is a neuter noun or “adverbial noun” expressing temperature. In Polish weather/personal sensation phrases you often use zimno, ciepło, ciemno, etc., in the nominative without further endings, as in Jest zimno, Robi się zimno, Będzie ciemno.
Could I use staje się instead of robi się? What’s the difference?
Both stawać się (imperfective)/stać się (perfective) and robić się/zrobić się can mean “to become.”
- Robi się is very common in everyday speech for weather or general changes.
- Staje się is a bit more formal/literary and often stresses a more deliberate or noticeable transformation.
So while Robi się zimno is the usual spoken phrase, Staje się zimno sounds more bookish.
What function does jednak have here, and why not just use ?