Na urodziny kupię babci kwiaty.

I

Breakdown of Na urodziny kupię babci kwiaty.

• na: for
• kupić: to buy
• babcia: grandma

Questions & Answers about Na urodziny kupię babci kwiaty.

Why does the sentence start with na urodziny? What does na mean here?

Here na urodziny means for a birthday / as a birthday gift.

In Polish, na is often used in expressions like this to mean for an occasion:

• na urodziny = for a birthday
• na święta = for Christmas / for the holidays
• na imieniny = for a name day

So this phrase does not have to mean only on the exact birthday day. Very often it means as a present for the birthday occasion.

---

Why is urodziny plural? In English, birthday is singular.

In Polish, urodziny is normally a plural noun. That is just how the language expresses this idea.

So even when talking about one person’s birthday, Polish says:

• Mam dziś urodziny. = It’s my birthday today.
• Prezent na urodziny = a birthday present

This is similar to how some ideas are grammatically plural in one language but singular in another.

---

Why is it babci and not babcia?