Czy możemy wynająć głośnik na jutrzejszą imprezę?

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Why is Czy used at the beginning of the sentence?
In Polish, czy is a particle that marks a yes/no question. It makes it clear you’re asking rather than making a statement. In informal speech you might drop czy and rely on rising intonation, but including it is standard in written and polite spoken Polish.
Why isn’t the pronoun my (we) present before możemy?
Polish verb endings indicate person and number, so the subject pronoun is usually omitted. Możemy already tells you the subject is “we,” so adding my is redundant unless you want to add emphasis: My możemy would stress “WE can.”
Why is wynająć used here instead of wypożyczyć?
Both verbs can mean “to rent,” but wynająć (perfective) focuses on the act of renting out something for money, which is exactly what you need for equipment like a speaker. Wypożyczyć can also mean “to borrow” or “to lend,” so it’s less precise for this context.
What case is głośnik in, and why doesn’t it change form?
Głośnik is in the accusative case as the direct object of wynająć. For masculine inanimate nouns, the accusative form looks identical to the nominative, so głośnik stays the same.
Why do we use na with imprezę, and why is imprezę in the accusative?
The preposition na with the accusative expresses purpose or direction (“for an event”). So na imprezę means “for the party,” and impreza takes the accusative imprezę as required by na+Accusative.
How does jutrzejszą agree with imprezę, and what is its base form?
The base form is jutrzejszy (tomorrow’s). It’s a possessive-like adjective modifying the feminine noun impreza. In feminine singular accusative, adjectives take , so jutrzejsza becomes jutrzejszą to match imprezę.
Could I ask the same question without czy, and would it still be correct?
Yes. You can say Możemy wynająć głośnik na jutrzejszą imprezę? with a rising tone. It’s more informal and common in spoken Polish, though including czy is clearer and more neutral.
What is the aspectual difference between wynająć and wynajmować?
Wynająć is perfective, indicating a one-time, completed action (to rent out). Wynajmować is imperfective, used for ongoing, habitual, or repeated actions (to be renting). Here, you want a single rental, so the perfective wynająć is appropriate.