Questions & Answers about W pociągu czytałam artykuł o zdrowiu, aż dojechałam do pracy.
Why is it w pociągu?
Because w means in here, and after w when it means location, Polish uses the locative case.
- pociąg = train
- w pociągu = in the train / on the train
A native English speaker may expect on the train, but Polish normally says w pociągu, literally in the train.
Why is it czytałam, not czytałem or just czytać?
Czytałam is the 1st person singular past tense form of czytać (to read) used by a female speaker.
- czytać = to read
- czytałam = I was reading / I read (female)
- czytałem = I was reading / I read (male)
In Polish past tense, the verb agrees with the speaker’s gender in the singular.
Why is there no word for I in the sentence?