We wtorek mam mniej pracy niż w poniedziałek.

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Breakdown of We wtorek mam mniej pracy niż w poniedziałek.

• mieć: to have
• w: on
• praca: the work

Questions & Answers about We wtorek mam mniej pracy niż w poniedziałek.

Why is it we wtorek, not w wtorek?

Polish uses we instead of w before some awkward consonant clusters, especially when pronunciation would be difficult.

So:

• we wtorek = correct
• w wtorek = not standard

The cluster w + wt- is hard to say smoothly, so Polish inserts e.

You see the same idea in some other phrases, for example:

• we Wrocławiu
• we Francji

So here, we wtorek is simply the normal form.

What case are wtorek and poniedziałek in here?

They are in the accusative.

With days of the week, Polish commonly uses:

• w/we + accusative = on Monday / on Tuesday / on Friday

So:

• we wtorek = on Tuesday
• w poniedziałek = on Monday

For these masculine inanimate nouns, the accusative looks the same as the nominative, so the form does not visibly change:

• nominative: wtorek

• accusative: wtorek

• nominative: poniedziałek
• accusative: poniedziałek

That is why the words look unchanged.

Why is there no ja in the sentence?