Po deszczu omijam kałuże na chodniku.

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Breakdown of Po deszczu omijam kałuże na chodniku.

• na: on
• po: after
• deszcz: the rain

Questions & Answers about Po deszczu omijam kałuże na chodniku.

Why is it po deszczu? What case is deszczu?

Po in the sense of after takes the locative case in Polish. So deszcz becomes deszczu.

• dictionary form: deszcz = rain
• locative singular: deszczu
• so: po deszczu = after the rain / after rain

This can be confusing because deszczu also looks like the genitive form, but here after po, it is functioning as the locative.

Why is it kałuże and not some other form?

Because omijać takes a direct object in the accusative case, and kałuże is the accusative plural of kałuża.

• dictionary form: kałuża = puddle
• nominative singular: kałuża
• accusative plural: kałuże

So:

• omijam kałuże = I avoid puddles

For feminine nouns like kałuża, the accusative plural often looks the same as the nominative plural.

Why is it na chodniku?