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W poniedziałek jadę metrem do pracy, bo autobus często jest spóźniony.
Meaning
On Monday I am going to work by metro, because the bus is often late.
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Breakdown of W poniedziałek jadę metrem do pracy, bo autobus często jest spóźniony.
ja
I
być
to be
do
to
bo
because
Questions & Answers about W poniedziałek jadę metrem do pracy, bo autobus często jest spóźniony.
Why does w poniedziałek mean on Monday? I thought w usually meant in.
In Polish, w covers both in and on in many contexts.
So:
- w domu = in the house / at home
- w poniedziałek = on Monday
With days of the week, Polish uses w where English uses on. So w poniedziałek is the normal way to say on Monday.
What case is poniedziałek in here?
It is in the accusative.
The expression w + day of the week usually takes the accusative when it means on a particular day:
- w poniedziałek = on Monday
- w piątek = on Friday
For poniedziałek, the accusative looks the same as the nominative because it is a masculine inanimate noun.
So:
- nominative: poniedziałek
- accusative: poniedziałek
Why is jadę a present-tense form if the sentence is about Monday, which is in the future?