Word
Proszek do prania leży obok pralki w łazience.
Meaning
The washing powder is lying next to the washing machine in the bathroom.
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Breakdown of Proszek do prania leży obok pralki w łazience.
w
in
obok
next to
łazienka
the bathroom
leżeć
to lie
Questions & Answers about Proszek do prania leży obok pralki w łazience.
Why is it pralki and not pralka after obok?
Because obok normally requires the genitive case.
- dictionary form: pralka = washing machine
- after obok: obok pralki = next to the washing machine
This is very common in Polish:
- obok stołu = next to the table
- obok domu = next to the house
- obok pralki = next to the washing machine
So the ending changes because the preposition controls the case.
Why is it w łazience and not w łazienka?
Because w meaning in usually takes the locative case when talking about location.
- dictionary form: łazienka = bathroom
- locative singular: łazience
- so: w łazience = in the bathroom
This is the normal pattern for location:
- w domu = in the house
- w szkole = at school / in the school
- w łazience = in the bathroom
So both pralki and łazience are case forms caused by prepositions.
Why does the sentence use leży instead of jest?