Breakdown of W czerwcu chcielibyśmy spędzić weekend nad morzem.
my
we
chcieć
would like (infinitive)
spędzić
to spend
weekend
the weekend
Questions & Answers about W czerwcu chcielibyśmy spędzić weekend nad morzem.
Why is it w czerwcu and not w czerwiec?
Because the preposition w often requires the locative case when it means in a place or time period.
- Dictionary form: czerwiec = June
- Locative form: czerwcu
So:
- w czerwcu = in June
This is a common pattern with months:
- w maju = in May
- w lipcu = in July
- w listopadzie = in November
So w czerwiec would be ungrammatical here.
Why does czerwiec change to czerwcu?
It changes because Polish nouns usually change form depending on their grammatical case.
The month czerwiec has the locative singular form czerwcu after w in a time expression.
This change is not something you can always predict perfectly from English, so it is usually best to learn it as a set phrase:
- w czerwcu = in June
You will see similar stem changes in other Polish nouns too. The important thing for a learner is to recognize that this is a normal case ending, not a different word.
Why is chcielibyśmy used instead of chcemy?