Breakdown of Po pracy przyjemnie się odpoczywa na balkonie.
na
on
po
after
praca
the work
się
reflexive pronoun
Questions & Answers about Po pracy przyjemnie się odpoczywa na balkonie.
Why is it po pracy, and what case is pracy?
Po pracy means after work.
The noun praca changes to pracy because the preposition po takes the locative case when it means after in expressions of time.
- praca = work
- po pracy = after work
This is a very common pattern:
- po obiedzie = after dinner
- po szkole = after school
- po filmie = after the film
So pracy is the locative singular form of praca.
Why is it przyjemnie and not przyjemny or przyjemna?
Because przyjemnie is an adverb, not an adjective.
Here it describes the whole experience of relaxing, not a noun. The idea is:
- It is pleasant to relax on the balcony after work
- literally more like Pleasantly, one relaxes on the balcony after work
Compare:
- przyjemny balkon = a pleasant balcony
- przyjemna praca = pleasant work
- przyjemnie odpoczywać / przyjemnie się odpoczywa = it is pleasant to rest / relax
So the sentence needs the adverb przyjemnie.
What does się do in this sentence?