Breakdown of Czasem trzeba czyścić też ekran telefonu.
też
also
telefon
the phone
czasem
sometimes
trzeba
to have to
Questions & Answers about Czasem trzeba czyścić też ekran telefonu.
What does the word trzeba do here? Who is the subject?
It expresses impersonal necessity: “it is necessary / one has to / you need to.” There is no grammatical subject. The understood subject is generic (one/you/we/people). Present: trzeba. Past: trzeba było (it was necessary). Future: trzeba będzie (it will be necessary). Negative: nie trzeba (it isn’t necessary).
Why is czyścić in the infinitive and not conjugated?
After trzeba, Polish uses the infinitive. So you say trzeba czyścić (“one needs to clean”), not “trzeba czyści.” The infinitive is the standard complement of impersonal necessity here.
Why imperfective czyścić and not perfective wyczyścić?
Imperfective czyścić fits habitual or repeated actions, which matches czasem (“sometimes”). If you want a one‑off, result‑focused necessity, use perfective: Trzeba wyczyścić ekran telefonu (“It’s necessary to get the phone screen cleaned [this time]”). Your sentence with czyścić reads as a general habit: sometimes it’s necessary to clean it.
What does też mean, and why is it placed there?