Breakdown of Piłkarz słucha trenera na stadionie.
na
at
słuchać
to listen
stadion
the stadium
trener
the coach
Questions & Answers about Piłkarz słucha trenera na stadionie.
Which word is the subject of the sentence?
The subject is piłkarz.
It is in the nominative case, which is the normal case for the doer of the action. In this sentence, piłkarz is the person doing the listening.
So:
- piłkarz = the footballer / soccer player
- słucha = listens / is listening
- trenera = the coach
- na stadionie = at the stadium / in the stadium
Why is it trenera and not trener?
Because the verb słuchać takes the genitive case, not the accusative.
A learner might expect something like Piłkarz słucha trenera to work like English The footballer listens to the coach, where coach looks unchanged. In Polish, however, many verbs require a specific case, and słuchać is one of the verbs that requires genitive.
So:
- base form: trener = coach
- genitive singular: trenera
That is why the sentence uses trenera.
This is something you mostly have to learn together with the verb:
- słuchać kogo? czego? = to listen to whom? to what?
What case is na stadionie, and why does stadion become stadionie?