Word
W kuchni znowu spaliła się żarówka.
Meaning
The light bulb in the kitchen burned out again.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of W kuchni znowu spaliła się żarówka.
w
in
kuchnia
the kitchen
znowu
again
spalić się
to burn out
Questions & Answers about W kuchni znowu spaliła się żarówka.
Why is it w kuchni, not w kuchnia?
Because the preposition w meaning in usually requires the locative case when it refers to location.
- dictionary form: kuchnia = kitchen
- locative singular: kuchni
So:
- w kuchni = in the kitchen
This is a very common pattern in Polish:
- w domu = in the house
- w szkole = at school / in the school
- w pokoju = in the room
What does znowu mean, and why is it placed there?
Znowu means again.
In this sentence it comes after w kuchni:
This is a natural placement in Polish. It modifies the whole event: the bulb burned out again.
Polish word order is more flexible than English, so znowu could appear in other places too, for example:
- Znowu w kuchni spaliła się żarówka.
- W kuchni spaliła się znowu żarówka.
But the original version sounds very natural and neutral.
Why is it spaliła, with -ła at the end?