Word
Na korytarzu czeka siedemnaście dzieci z plecakami.
Meaning
Seventeen children are waiting in the corridor with backpacks.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Na korytarzu czeka siedemnaście dzieci z plecakami.
dziecko
the child
na
in
z
with
czekać
to wait
Questions & Answers about Na korytarzu czeka siedemnaście dzieci z plecakami.
Why is it na korytarzu, not w korytarzu?
Because Polish normally says na korytarzu for in/on the corridor / in the hallway.
Even though English uses in, Polish often uses na with places like this:
- na korytarzu = in the hallway
- na dworcu = at the station
- na poczcie = at the post office
So this is something you usually just learn as the standard expression. W korytarzu is much less natural here.
What case is korytarzu?
It is locative singular.
The preposition na can take different cases depending on meaning:
- na + accusative for movement onto/toward something
- na + locative for location
Here there is no movement, just location, so we use the locative:
- korytarz = corridor, hallway
- na korytarzu = in the hallway
Why is the verb czeka singular if there are seventeen children?