W niedzielę lubię spokojne śniadanie na tarasie.

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Breakdown of W niedzielę lubię spokojne śniadanie na tarasie.

• lubić: to like
• na: on
• śniadanie: the breakfast

Questions & Answers about W niedzielę lubię spokojne śniadanie na tarasie.

Why is it w niedzielę, not w niedziela?

Niedziela is the basic dictionary form, called the nominative.

In this time expression, Polish uses w + accusative, so niedziela changes to niedzielę.

This is very common with days of the week:

• w sobotę — on Saturday
• w środę — on Wednesday
• w niedzielę — on Sunday

So this is something you will mostly learn as a pattern.

Does w niedzielę mean on Sunday or on Sundays?

It can mean either, depending on context.

In this sentence, because the verb is lubię and the whole sentence sounds habitual, English will often translate it as on Sundays.

A few useful possibilities:

• w niedzielę — on Sunday / on Sundays
• w tę niedzielę — this Sunday
• w niedziele — on Sundays, with stronger emphasis on repetition

So here the meaning is probably habitual, not about one single Sunday.

Why is śniadanie the object, but it does not seem to change form?

After lubić, the thing you like is in the accusative case.

However, śniadanie is a neuter singular noun, and for many neuter nouns, the accusative looks exactly the same as the nominative.

So:

• nominative: śniadanie
• accusative: śniadanie

The case is still accusative grammatically, even though the form does not visibly change.