Ta, która ma inhalator, powinna usiąść spokojnie i oddychać powoli.

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Breakdown of Ta, która ma inhalator, powinna usiąść spokojnie i oddychać powoli.

• i: and
• powinien: should
• oddychać: to breathe

Questions & Answers about Ta, która ma inhalator, powinna usiąść spokojnie i oddychać powoli.

Why does the sentence start with ta? Does it mean this or that?

Ta is the feminine singular form of the demonstrative pronoun ten / ta / to.

In this sentence, ta means something like:

• that one
• the woman/girl/person who... if the person is understood from context

So Ta, która ma inhalator... is roughly The one who has the inhaler..., referring to a female person.

Whether you translate it as this or that depends on context, but in Polish ta often works like the one when followed by a relative clause.

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Why is it która?

Która is the feminine singular form of który, meaning who/which/that in a relative clause.

It matches ta in:

• gender: feminine
• number: singular
• case: nominative, because it is the subject of ma

So:

• ta = feminine singular
• która = feminine singular, referring back to ta

If the sentence referred to a man, you would get:

• Ten, który ma inhalator...

If it referred to several people:

• Ci, którzy mają inhalator... / Te, które mają inhalator... depending on the group

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Why are there commas around która ma inhalator?