Breakdown of Według lekarza powinniśmy ćwiczyć rano.
rano
in the morning
my
we
powinien
should
lekarz
the doctor
Questions & Answers about Według lekarza powinniśmy ćwiczyć rano.
What part of speech is według and which case does it require?
Według is a preposition meaning according to. It always governs the genitive case.
Why is lekarza in the genitive case?
Because it’s the object of the preposition według, which demands the genitive. The nominative lekarz becomes lekarza in genitive singular.
What does powinniśmy mean and how is it formed?
Powinniśmy is the first-person plural present form of the modal adjective powinien (“should/ought to”). In present tense modal adjectives are conjugated like verbs: -śmy is the ending for we.
Why is ćwiczyć in the infinitive and not conjugated?
Modal verbs and adjectives (like powinniśmy) are followed by an infinitive. Here ćwiczyć (“to exercise”) stays in the infinitive to complete the meaning of we should.
Why use the imperfective ćwiczyć and not the perfective poćwiczyć?
The imperfective aspect expresses a habitual or repeated action (“we should exercise regularly in the morning”). The perfective would imply a single, completed session.