Dzieci biegają szybko po boisku.

the child

Breakdown of Dzieci biegają szybko po boisku.

• biegać: to run
• po: around
• boisko: the field

Questions & Answers about Dzieci biegają szybko po boisku.

What is dzieci, and why doesn’t it look like a normal plural?

Dzieci means children. It is the plural form of dziecko meaning child.

This is an irregular noun, so its plural is not formed in the most predictable way. You just need to learn:

• dziecko = child
• dzieci = children

In this sentence, dzieci is in the nominative plural, because it is the subject of the sentence — the ones doing the action.

Why is the verb biegają?

Biegają is the 3rd person plural present tense form of biegać, which means to run.

It agrees with dzieci because children is plural.

A quick breakdown:

• ja biegam = I run / am running
• ty biegasz = you run / are running
• on/ona/ono biega = he/she/it runs / is running
• my biegamy = we run / are running
• wy biegacie = you (plural) run / are running
• oni/one biegają = they run / are running

So dzieci biegają = the children run / are running.

Why isn’t there a word for they in the sentence?