Word
Ta kawiarnia drukuje paragon od razu.
Meaning
This café prints a receipt right away.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Ta kawiarnia drukuje paragon od razu.
ta
this
kawiarnia
the café
paragon
the receipt
drukować
to print
Questions & Answers about Ta kawiarnia drukuje paragon od razu.
Why is it ta, not ten or to?
Because kawiarnia is a feminine noun. The demonstrative “this” agrees with gender, number, and case: ten (masc.), ta (fem.), to (neuter). Here the subject is nominative feminine singular, so ta kawiarnia = “this café.”
What case is kawiarnia in here?
Nominative (it’s the subject). That’s why you see ta kawiarnia. If you said “in this café,” you’d use locative: w tej kawiarni.
What form and aspect is drukuje?
It’s 3rd person singular present of the imperfective verb drukować (“to print”). Imperfective present can mean “is printing” or, more often here, a habitual/generic fact: “prints.”
Why is it paragon, not paragonu?
Paragon is the direct object. It’s masculine inanimate, whose accusative equals the nominative: paragon. Under negation, Polish often switches objects to genitive: Ta kawiarnia nie drukuje paragonu od razu.
What exactly does od razu mean, and is it one word?