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Because the sentence is about more than one sister.
- siostra = sister (singular)
- siostry = sisters (plural)
Here, siostry is the nominative plural, because it is the subject of the sentence.
Yes. Polish noun forms can overlap.
siostry can be:
- nominative plural = sisters
- genitive singular of siostra in some contexts = of the sister
But in this sentence, the verb is plural (kłócą się), so siostry clearly means sisters.
kłócą się comes from the verb kłócić się, which means to argue / to quarrel.
The się is part of the verb. Many Polish verbs are reflexive or reflexive-like, and you simply have to learn them that way.
So:
- kłócić się = to argue
- kłócą się = they argue
You should think of kłócić się as one vocabulary item, not as kłócić plus a separately translatable się.