Word
Szefowa chce rozmawiać ze mną w sprawie nowego projektu.
Meaning
The boss wants to talk to me about the new project.
Part of speech
sentence
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Breakdown of Szefowa chce rozmawiać ze mną w sprawie nowego projektu.
nowy
new
rozmawiać
to talk
chcieć
to want
projekt
the project
Questions & Answers about Szefowa chce rozmawiać ze mną w sprawie nowego projektu.
Why is it szefowa and not szef?
Szefowa means female boss/manager, while szef is male boss/manager.
So the sentence tells you that the boss is a woman. In Polish, nouns often show gender much more clearly than in English.
- szef = male boss
- szefowa = female boss
If the boss were a man, the sentence would begin:
Szef chce rozmawiać ze mną...
What does chce rozmawiać literally mean?
It literally means wants to talk or wants to have a conversation.
- chce = wants
- rozmawiać = to talk / to converse
Polish often uses a structure like:
[conjugated verb] + [infinitive]
So:
- chce pracować = wants to work
- chce iść = wants to go
- chce rozmawiać = wants to talk
Why is it rozmawiać, not a different form like rozmawia?
Because after chce (wants), Polish normally uses the infinitive.
- rozmawiać = to talk (infinitive)
- rozmawia = he/she talks / is talking (finite verb form)
So:
- Szefowa chce rozmawiać = The boss wants to talk
- Szefowa rozmawia = The boss is talking / talks