Rodzice planują leniwy tydzień w domu bez gości.
The parents plan a lazy week at home without guests.
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Breakdown of Rodzice planują leniwy tydzień w domu bez gości.
dom
the house
w
in
gość
the guest
bez
without
tydzień
the week
leniwy
lazy
rodzic
the parent
planować
to plan
Questions & Answers about Rodzice planują leniwy tydzień w domu bez gości.
What is the grammatical role of rodzice in this sentence? What is its singular form?
rodzice is the nominative plural of rodzic (meaning “parent”). It serves as the subject (“the parents”) of the sentence.
Why is the adjective leniwy used in this form, and how does it agree with tydzień?
leniwy is the masculine singular nominative form of the adjective “lazy.” It agrees in gender (masculine), number (singular), and case (nominative) with tydzień, which is a masculine inanimate noun.
Shouldn’t the direct object leniwy tydzień be in the accusative case? Why does it look nominative?
In Polish, masculine inanimate nouns have identical forms in nominative and accusative singular. So tydzień (nominative) stays tydzień in accusative, and leniwy remains unchanged as well.
What case is domu and why is w used here?
domu is the locative singular of dom (“house”). The preposition w (“in”) requires the locative case to express location.
Why is bez gości used and what case is gości?
The preposition bez (“without”) requires the genitive case. goście (nominative plural “guests”) becomes gości, the genitive plural form.
Why are there no words for “a” or “the” in the Polish sentence?
Polish does not use articles (“a,” “the”). Context and endings on nouns/adjectives convey definiteness or indefiniteness without separate words.
How do you pronounce the nasal vowel ą in planują?
The letter ą is a nasal vowel pronounced somewhat like the French “on” in bon. So pla-nu-ją sounds roughly like “plah-noo-yon.”
Where is the stress in Rodzice planują leniwy tydzień w domu bez gości?
Polish words are typically stressed on the penultimate (second-to-last) syllable. So you stress roDŹIce, plaNUją, LEniwy, TYdzień, DOmu, and GOści.
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