Word
Kurier sprawdza pocztę co godzinę.
Meaning
The courier checks the mail every hour.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Kurier sprawdza pocztę co godzinę.
sprawdzać
to check
kurier
the courier
poczta
the mail
co godzinę
every hour
Questions & Answers about Kurier sprawdza pocztę co godzinę.
What does co godzinę literally mean, and how is it constructed?
Literally, co means every and godzinę is the accusative singular of godzina (hour). Together they form a frequentative time expression co godzinę meaning every hour, indicating how often the action repeats.
Why is co godzinę in the accusative case instead of the nominative?
Because time expressions with the preposition co always take the accusative case in Polish. The base noun godzina (nominative) becomes godzinę (accusative).
Why don’t we say co godziny to express every hour?
With co, you must use the accusative form of the time noun. Godziny is either nominative or genitive plural, so co godziny would be ungrammatical for every hour. The correct pattern is co + Acc, hence co godzinę.
Can we replace co godzinę with każdą godzinę, and would that sound natural?