Word
Ona gotuje śniadanie w sobotę rano.
Meaning
She cooks breakfast on Saturday morning.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Ona gotuje śniadanie w sobotę rano.
ona
she
gotować
to cook
śniadanie
the breakfast
w sobotę rano
on Saturday morning
Questions & Answers about Ona gotuje śniadanie w sobotę rano.
Why is ona included when Polish often drops subject pronouns?
Polish is a pro-drop language, so the verb ending in gotuje already tells us the subject is “she.” Including ona is optional and used for emphasis or clarity—e.g. to contrast her actions with someone else’s.
What does the -je ending in gotuje indicate?
The -je ending marks the third person singular present tense of the imperfective verb gotować. Conjugation in present tense looks like this:
• ja gotuję
• ty gotujesz
• on/ona/ono gotuje
• my gotujemy
• wy gotujecie
• oni/one gotują
Why is śniadanie in the accusative case?
Śniadanie is the direct object of the verb gotuje, and Polish uses the accusative case for direct objects. For many neuter nouns (like śniadanie), the nominative and accusative forms are identical.
Why do we say w sobotę instead of w sobota?
After the preposition w (meaning “in” or “on” for time expressions), days of the week take the accusative case. The nominative sobota changes to sobotę in the accusative.
Why is there no preposition before ?