Siostra stoi na drabinie i maluje sufit nową farbą.

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Breakdown of Siostra stoi na drabinie i maluje sufit nową farbą.

• nowy: new
• na: on
• sufit: the ceiling

Questions & Answers about Siostra stoi na drabinie i maluje sufit nową farbą.

Why is it siostra and not some other form?

Siostra is the subject of the sentence, so it appears in the nominative case.

Basic dictionary form:

• siostra = sister

In this sentence, siostra is the person doing the actions:

• stoi = is standing
• maluje = is painting

So Polish uses the nominative form siostra.

Why does Polish use stoi here? Why not just a form of to be?

Polish often uses specific verbs for physical position instead of just to be.

• stać / stoi = to stand / is standing
• siedzieć / siedzi = to sit / is sitting
• leżeć / leży = to lie / is lying

So Siostra stoi na drabinie means The sister is standing on a ladder, not just The sister is on a ladder.

This is very natural in Polish.

Why is it na drabinie?