Na dziale z nabiałem kupuję jogurt i śmietanę.

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Breakdown of Na dziale z nabiałem kupuję jogurt i śmietanę.

• i: and
• na: in
• z: with

Questions & Answers about Na dziale z nabiałem kupuję jogurt i śmietanę.

Why is it na dziale, not w dziale?

In Polish, store sections or departments are very often expressed with na rather than w. So na dziale z nabiałem is the natural way to say in the dairy section.

This is one of those places where Polish prepositions do not match English literally. Even though na often means on, here it is just the normal idiomatic choice.

You will hear similar phrases such as:

• na dziale mięsnym — in the meat section
• na dziale warzywnym — in the vegetable section

What case is dziale, and why does dział change form?

Dziale is the locative singular form of dział.

After na when it means location, Polish usually requires the locative case. So:

• dział → basic form
• na dziale → in/at the section

So the change is not random: it happens because the preposition na is controlling the case.

Why is it z nabiałem?