Questions & Answers about Wszystkie książki są na półce.
Why is it wszystkie książki, not wszyscy książki?
Because książki (books) are not masculine-personal.
In Polish plural, words like all change depending on what kind of noun they describe:
- wszyscy = for masculine-personal groups, usually groups of men or mixed people
- e.g. wszyscy studenci = all the students
- wszystkie = for non-masculine-personal nouns
- e.g. wszystkie książki = all the books
Since books are things, not people, Polish uses wszystkie.
What form is książki here?
Here książki is the nominative plural form of książka (book).
- singular: książka
- plural: książki
It is nominative because książki is the subject of the sentence:
- Wszystkie książki = all the books
- są = are
So the structure is basically:
- [subject] + [verb] + [location]
Why is the verb used?