Word
Niemowlę śpi spokojnie, kiedy przykrywam je miękkim kocykiem.
Meaning
The baby sleeps calmly when I cover it with a soft little blanket.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Breakdown of Niemowlę śpi spokojnie, kiedy przykrywam je miękkim kocykiem.
ja
I
kiedy
when
miękki
soft
spać
to sleep
Questions & Answers about Niemowlę śpi spokojnie, kiedy przykrywam je miękkim kocykiem.
Why isn’t there a word for the or a in this sentence?
Polish does not have articles like English the and a/an.
So niemowlę can mean a baby or the baby, depending on context.
In this sentence, context usually makes it feel like the baby.
Why is niemowlę treated as neuter, and why does the sentence use je?
Niemowlę is a grammatically neuter noun in Polish. That is true even though it refers to a person.
Because it is neuter singular, the pronoun referring to it is je = it.
So:
- niemowlę = neuter noun
- je = accusative form referring back to that neuter noun
This is a good example of how grammatical gender in Polish does not always match natural gender.
What cases are used in this sentence?