Word
Nasz zawodnik lubi strzelać bramki.
Meaning
Our player likes to score goals.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about Nasz zawodnik lubi strzelać bramki.
Why is it nasz zawodnik and not some other form of nasz?
Because nasz has to agree with zawodnik in gender, number, and case.
- zawodnik is masculine singular
- here it is in the nominative case, because it is the subject of the sentence
So the correct form is nasz zawodnik.
Compare:
- nasza zawodniczka = our female athlete
- nasze dziecko = our child
- nasi zawodnicy = our athletes
What case is zawodnik in?
It is in the nominative singular.
In this sentence, zawodnik is the subject: the person who likes doing something. Subjects are normally in the nominative case in Polish.
Why is it lubi instead of lubić?
Lubić is the dictionary form of the verb, meaning to like.
In the sentence, we need a conjugated form:
- ja lubię = I like
- ty lubisz = you like
- on/ona/ono lubi = he/she/it likes
Since nasz zawodnik is he/the player, we use lubi.
Why does Polish use lubi strzelać?