Breakdown of Ona chce zarezerwować stolik w restauracji po przyjeździe do miasta.
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Questions & Answers about Ona chce zarezerwować stolik w restauracji po przyjeździe do miasta.
Why is ona included? Can Polish drop the subject pronoun here?
Yes. In Polish, subject pronouns are often omitted because the verb form already shows who is doing the action.
So:
- Ona chce zarezerwować stolik... = She wants to book a table...
- Chce zarezerwować stolik... also naturally means She wants to book a table... if the context is clear.
Including ona gives extra emphasis or contrast, for example:
- Ona chce zarezerwować stolik, a on chce zamówić jedzenie na wynos.
She wants to book a table, and he wants to order takeaway.
Why is it chce? What verb is this from?
Chce is the 3rd person singular form of the verb chcieć = to want.
Present tense of chcieć:
- ja chcę = I want
- ty chcesz = you want
- on/ona/ono chce = he/she/it wants
- my chcemy = we want
- wy chcecie = you want
- oni/one chcą = they want
So ona chce means she wants.
Why is it zarezerwować and not rezerwować?