Questions & Answers about On czyta kolejną książkę.
What is the infinitive of czyta and what person/tense is this form?
czyta is the third-person singular present tense of the imperfective verb czytać (to read). In Polish, present-tense forms for third-person singular often end in -a or -e, so czyta means he/she/it reads or is reading.
How do you pronounce czyta, kolejną, and książkę?
czyta: [ˈt͡ʂɨta], approx. “CHIH-tah” (with cz like English “ch” and y like the i in “bit”).
kolejną: [kɔˈlɛj.nɔ̃], approx. “ko-LEI-nohn” (the ą is a nasal vowel like French “on”).
książkę: [ˈkɕɔ̃ʂ.kʲɛ], approx. “KSHONSH-kyeh” (the ą nasal, sz like English “sh”, ę approx. “eh”).
Why is książkę in the accusative case and why does it end in -ę?
Polish uses the accusative case for direct objects. Książka is a feminine noun ending in -a; its singular accusative form changes the ending to -ę, hence książkę.
Why does kolejną end with -ą, and how does kolejny decline?