Głośna muzyka rozprasza dzieci w bibliotece.

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Breakdown of Głośna muzyka rozprasza dzieci w bibliotece.

• dziecko: the child
• głośny: loud
• muzyka: the music

Questions & Answers about Głośna muzyka rozprasza dzieci w bibliotece.

Why does głośna end with -a instead of -y or -e?

Because muzyka is a feminine singular noun in the nominative case, and in Polish adjectives agree with the noun’s gender, number, and case. Feminine singular adjectives in the nominative end in -a (e.g., głośna muzyka, cicha muzyka, dobra książka).

What case is dzieci in, and why doesn’t it change in the plural?

Here dzieci is the direct object of rozprasza, so it’s in the accusative case. For dziecko (“child”), the nominative and accusative plural are identical: dzieci. That’s why you see dzieci for both “children” (subject) and “children” (object) in plural.

Why is it w bibliotece and not w bibliotekę?

The preposition w meaning “in” takes the locative case when expressing location (static “in”). The locative singular of biblioteka is bibliotece. If you wanted to express motion “into the library,” you’d use do biblioteki (genitive) or w + accusative (“wchodzić w bibliotekę”), but here we only state where the distraction happens.

How do you pronounce the ł in głośna, and where is the stress?