Word
W łazience brakuje ręczników, muszę je jutro włożyć do pralki.
Meaning
There are no towels in the bathroom; I have to put them in the washing machine tomorrow.
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Breakdown of W łazience brakuje ręczników, muszę je jutro włożyć do pralki.
w
in
musieć
to have to
jutro
tomorrow
je
them
Questions & Answers about W łazience brakuje ręczników, muszę je jutro włożyć do pralki.
Why is it w łazience and not something like w łazienka?
Łazienka (bathroom) is a feminine noun. After the preposition w meaning in, Polish usually uses the locative case.
The declension of łazienka (singular) is:
- Nominative (dictionary form): łazienka – bathroom
- Locative: w łazience – in the bathroom
So w łazience literally means in (the) bathroom and is grammatically required because w + location → locative case.
Why is it brakuje ręczników and not brakuje ręczniki?
The verb brakować (here in the form brakuje) takes the genitive case for the thing that is missing.
- Nominative plural: ręczniki – towels
- Genitive plural: ręczników – of towels
The structure is:
- brakuje + GENITIVE → there is a lack of X / X are missing
So:
- Brakuje ręczników = There is a lack of towels / Towels are missing.
Using ręczniki (nominative plural) after brakuje would be ungrammatical.
What is the difference between brakuje ręczników and nie ma ręczników?