Ta droga łączy się z ulicą przy szkole.

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Breakdown of Ta droga łączy się z ulicą przy szkole.

• z: with
• ta: this
• ulica: the street

Questions & Answers about Ta droga łączy się z ulicą przy szkole.

What does łączy się mean here?

łączyć się is the reflexive form of łączyć and means “to connect,” “to join,” or “to meet.” In this sentence it translates as “connects (with).”

Why is the verb used with -się? Can you just say łączy?

Without -się, łączyć is transitive (“to connect something”). Adding -się makes it intransitive: the subject (the road) connects on its own to something else. So droga łączy się z ulicą = “the road connects with the street.”

Why is z used before ulicą? Does z always mean “with”?

Here z means “with” in the sense of “connects with.” The preposition z (or its form ze before certain consonants) governs the instrumental case, so the noun that follows must be in the instrumental.

What case is ulicą and why?

It’s the instrumental singular of ulica. After z meaning “with,” Polish uses the instrumental case, hence ulica → ulicą.

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