W tej dzielnicy budują wysoki budynek z dużym ekranem.

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Breakdown of W tej dzielnicy budują wysoki budynek z dużym ekranem.

• oni: they
• w: in
• z: with

Questions & Answers about W tej dzielnicy budują wysoki budynek z dużym ekranem.

Why is it tej dzielnicy instead of ta dzielnica?

In Polish, the preposition w (“in”) requires the locative case. For the feminine noun ta dzielnica (“this district”), the singular locative form is tej dzielnicy. So w tej dzielnicy literally means “in this district.”

What does budują mean, and who is doing the building?

Budują is the third-person plural present tense of budować (“to build”). It translates as “they are building” or “they build.” In Polish you often drop the subject pronoun (oni/one) because the verb ending -ją already tells you it’s “they.” Here it implies some people or a construction company are doing the work.

Why is wysoki budynek not in another case, like accusative with a different ending?

Budynek (“building”) is a masculine inanimate noun. As the direct object of budują, it should be in the accusative case—but for masculine inanimate nouns the accusative singular form is identical to the nominative. That’s why wysoki budynek doesn’t change its ending.

Why is it z dużym ekranem and not z duży ekran or something else?

The preposition z (“with”) always takes the instrumental case in Polish. Duży ekran (“big screen”) in the instrumental singular becomes . This construction literally means “with a large screen.”