Word
W tym roku spędzę Sylwestra w domu z rodziną.
Meaning
This year I will spend New Year’s Eve at home with my family.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about W tym roku spędzę Sylwestra w domu z rodziną.
What does w tym roku mean literally, and why is it tym roku?
Literally, w tym roku is in this year, but in natural English we usually just say this year.
Polish often uses w + locative in time expressions like this. That is why:
- ten → tym
- rok → roku
So w tym roku is the normal Polish way to say this year.
What exactly is spędzę?
Spędzę means I will spend.
It is:
- 1st person singular: I
- from the verb spędzić
- in a perfective form
A very important Polish point: with perfective verbs, forms that look like present-tense forms often actually refer to the future. So spędzę means I will spend, not I spend.
Why doesn’t Polish use będę here for the future?