Od rana do obiadu pracuję w ogrodzie.

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Breakdown of Od rana do obiadu pracuję w ogrodzie.

• w: in
• pracować: to work
• ogród: the garden

Questions & Answers about Od rana do obiadu pracuję w ogrodzie.

Why is it od rana, not rano?

Rano by itself means in the morning.

But after od, Polish normally uses a different form, so the fixed expression is od rana, meaning since morning or from early morning.

Compare:

• Rano pracuję w ogrodzie. = I work in the garden in the morning.
• Od rana pracuję w ogrodzie. = I have been working / I work in the garden since morning.

It is best to learn od rana as a set phrase.

Why is it do obiadu and not do obiad?

Because do requires the genitive case.

The dictionary form is obiad. After do, it changes to obiadu.

So:

• obiad = lunch / dinner
• do obiadu = until lunch / until dinner

This is a very common pattern in Polish:

• do domu = to home / homeward
• do szkoły = to school
• do wieczora = until evening

Does obiad mean lunch or dinner?