Nie lubię tej drogi do pracy, bo przesiadka jest długa i często pada deszcz.

Because the verb lubić normally takes the genitive when it is negated.

• Positive: Lubię tę drogę. = I like this route/way.
• Negative: Nie lubię tej drogi. = I don’t like this route/way.

Here:

• tę drogę = accusative singular
• tej drogi = genitive singular

This is a very common pattern in Polish: a direct object that would often be accusative in a positive sentence may become genitive after negation.

In this sentence, droga does not necessarily mean a physical road only. It can mean:

• way
• route
• journey/commute path

So tej drogi do pracy is best understood as this way/route to work or this commute to work, depending on context.

Polish often uses droga a bit more broadly than English road.

The preposition do usually means to, into, or toward, and it requires the genitive case.

So:

• praca = work
• do pracy = to work

This is the standard way to say to work when talking about movement or direction:

• Idę do pracy. = I’m going to work.
• Droga do pracy = the way to work / the commute to work

Przesiadka means a transfer, especially when changing from one form of transport to another during a trip.

For example:

• changing buses
• changing trains
• changing from tram to metro

So przesiadka jest długa means the transfer is long, probably meaning there is a long wait or an inconveniently long connection.

Because przesiadka is a feminine noun, and adjectives must agree with the noun in gender, number, and case.

• przesiadka = feminine singular
• therefore: długa = feminine singular form of long

Compare:

• długi autobus = a long bus
• długa przesiadka = a long transfer
• długie oczekiwanie = a long wait

Pada deszcz is the normal Polish expression for it is raining or literally rain is falling.

The verb padać is commonly used for weather phenomena such as:

• Pada deszcz. = It’s raining.
• Pada śnieg. = It’s snowing.

Polish does not use a dummy it the way English does. So instead of it rains, Polish simply says rains rain in a literal sense, though in real usage it just means it’s raining.

Deszcz pada is possible, but pada deszcz is the more neutral, standard order here.

Because Polish does not need a subject like English it in weather expressions.

In English, we say:

• It is raining.

But the it does not refer to anything specific. It is just a grammatical placeholder.

Polish usually avoids that kind of placeholder subject, so it simply says:

• Pada deszcz.

That is completely normal and complete in Polish.

Bo means because and is very common in everyday spoken and written Polish.

So:

• Nie lubię tej drogi do pracy, bo...
• I don’t like this route to work, because...

You can often replace bo with:

• ponieważ = because
• gdyż = because/for

But the tone changes a bit:

• bo = most natural, everyday
• ponieważ = a bit more formal/neutral
• gdyż = more formal/bookish

In this sentence, bo is the most natural choice.

Często means often, and in Polish adverbs are commonly placed before the verb or before the whole verb phrase.

So:

• często pada deszcz = it often rains

This is the most natural neutral order.

Polish word order is more flexible than English, but word order can affect emphasis. For example:

• Często pada deszcz = neutral
• Deszcz często pada = possible, but less neutral in this context

Yes. Nie lubię is the standard first-person singular form of nie lubić = not to like.

Breakdown:

• lubić = to like
• lubię = I like
• nie lubię = I don’t like

In Polish, nie is written separately from the verb:

• lubię
• nie lubię

That is the normal spelling.

Yes, it could, depending on context.

Droga do pracy can mean:

• the literal road/path leading to your workplace
• your route to work
• your commute

In this sentence, because of przesiadka and często pada deszcz, it sounds more like the commute/route to work rather than just a physical road.

So context tells you how broad the meaning is.

Because bo introduces a subordinate clause giving the reason.

So the sentence is divided like this:

• Nie lubię tej drogi do pracy,
• bo przesiadka jest długa i często pada deszcz.

In standard Polish punctuation, a clause introduced by bo is separated by a comma.

Yes, but the meaning would shift slightly.

• droga = way, route, road, commute path
• trasa = route, itinerary, line of travel
• podróż = trip, journey
• dojazd = commute/getting to a place

For commuting, very natural alternatives might be:

• Nie lubię tej trasy do pracy... = I don’t like this route to work...
• Nie lubię tego dojazdu do pracy... = I don’t like this commute to work...

But droga do pracy is perfectly natural and broad.

A positive version would be:

Lubię tę drogę do pracy, bo przesiadka jest krótka i rzadko pada deszcz.

Notice the important change:

• negative: Nie lubię tej drogi
• positive: Lubię tę drogę

That contrast helps show how negation affects the case of the object.