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Z tych klocków dzieci budują wieżę, chociaż jeden klocek ciągle spada.
Meaning
The children are building a tower out of these blocks, although one block keeps falling.
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Breakdown of Z tych klocków dzieci budują wieżę, chociaż jeden klocek ciągle spada.
dziecko
the child
te
these
spadać
to fall
wieża
the tower
Questions & Answers about Z tych klocków dzieci budują wieżę, chociaż jeden klocek ciągle spada.
Why is it z tych klocków? What case is tych klocków?
Because z here means from / out of, and in that meaning it requires the genitive case.
- basic form: te klocki = these blocks
- after z: z tych klocków = from these blocks / using these blocks
So:
- te → tych
- klocki → klocków
This is a very common pattern in Polish:
- z domu = from the house
- z książki = from the book
- z tych klocków = from these blocks
In this sentence, z tych klocków means something like using these blocks or out of these blocks.
What exactly does klocki / klocek mean here?
Klocek means block, especially a toy block or building block.
The plural is klocki.
So:
- jeden klocek = one block
- te klocki = these blocks
In this sentence, it most naturally refers to toy building blocks, not to a brick in a wall.
Why is it dzieci and not something like dziecka or dziecie?