W lodówce zostało jeszcze trochę mleka.

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Breakdown of W lodówce zostało jeszcze trochę mleka.

• trochę: some
• mleko: the milk
• lodówka: the fridge

Questions & Answers about W lodówce zostało jeszcze trochę mleka.

Why is lodówka changed to lodówce in w lodówce?

Because after w meaning in, Polish normally uses the locative case for location.

• dictionary form: lodówka = fridge
• locative singular: w lodówce = in the fridge

This is a very common pattern:

• w domu = in the house
• w szkole = at school / in the school
• w lodówce = in the fridge

So lodówce is not a different word, just the correct case form of lodówka.

What exactly does zostało mean here?

Here zostało means something like was left, remained, or there was still ... left.

The verb is from zostać, which often means:

• to become
• to stay behind
• to remain / be left

In this sentence, it has the remain / be left meaning:

• W lodówce zostało jeszcze trochę mleka.
• There was still some milk left in the fridge.

So this is not become here. It is the idea of something still remaining.

Why is it zostało and not została or ?