Breakdown of Klientka lubi zupę oraz deser.
lubić
to like
zupa
the soup
deser
the dessert
klientka
the female customer
Questions & Answers about Klientka lubi zupę oraz deser.
Why is it klientka and not klient?
Polish marks grammatical gender on many nouns, including professions and roles.
- klient = (usually) a male client, or sometimes a client of unspecified gender in very general speech or writing
- klientka = specifically a female client
Because the sentence talks about a woman, it uses the feminine form klientka.
If you were talking about a man, you would say:
Klient lubi zupę oraz deser.
What form (case) are zupę and deser, and why?
Both zupę and deser are in the accusative case.
The verb lubi (lubić – to like) takes a direct object in the accusative. Here, the things being liked are soup and dessert, so both nouns must be accusative:
- zupa → zupę (feminine, nominative → accusative)
- deser → deser (masculine inanimate; nominative and accusative look the same)
So the pattern is:
[subject in nominative] + lubi + [object in accusative].
Why does zupa change to zupę, but deser stays the same?