Word
Dzielę czas na pracę i odpoczynek.
Meaning
I divide my time between work and rest.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Questions & Answers about Dzielę czas na pracę i odpoczynek.
What does dzielę mean, and what is its infinitive form?
dzielę is the first-person singular present tense of dzielić, meaning “I divide” or “I allocate.”
Why is czas not czasu?
Because czas is the direct object of dzielić, and it’s a masculine inanimate noun. In the accusative case (direct object) it stays the same as the nominative: czas. The form czasu would be genitive (“of time”).
Why are pracę and odpoczynek used after na, and why these specific forms?
Here na means “into” or “for” and takes the accusative case to show how you divide time.
- praca (feminine) → accusative pracę
- odpoczynek (masculine inanimate) → accusative odpoczynek (same as nominative)
Why does odpoczynek stay the same in the accusative?
Because odpoczynek is a masculine inanimate noun. In Polish, masculine inanimate nouns have identical nominative and accusative forms.
Can I use między instead of ? How would the cases change?