Word
Czy możesz wezwać sąsiadkę, która ma gaśnicę i mieszka obok?
Meaning
Can you call the neighbor who has a fire extinguisher and lives next door?
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Breakdown of Czy możesz wezwać sąsiadkę, która ma gaśnicę i mieszka obok?
ty
you
mieć
to have
i
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czy
question marker
Questions & Answers about Czy możesz wezwać sąsiadkę, która ma gaśnicę i mieszka obok?
What does czy do at the beginning of the sentence?
Czy is a question particle. It helps turn the sentence into a yes/no question.
- Możesz wezwać sąsiadkę... = You can call/summon the neighbor...
- Czy możesz wezwać sąsiadkę...? = Can you call/summon the neighbor...?
In everyday Polish, people often omit czy and just use intonation:
- Możesz wezwać sąsiadkę?
That is also correct and common.
Why is it sąsiadkę and not sąsiadka?
Because sąsiadkę is in the accusative case.
The verb wezwać takes a direct object, and direct objects often go into the accusative:
- nominative: sąsiadka = the female neighbor
- accusative: sąsiadkę = the female neighbor (as the object of the verb)
So:
- Sąsiadka mieszka obok. = The neighbor lives next door.
- Możesz wezwać sąsiadkę. = Can you call/summon the neighbor?
Does sąsiadkę mean the neighbor is definitely female?
Yes. Sąsiadkę is specifically female.
Related forms:
- sąsiadka = female neighbor
- sąsiad = male neighbor
If you wanted a male neighbor, you would say:
- Czy możesz wezwać sąsiada...?
If you wanted something more general, Polish often still forces you to choose a grammatical gender depending on the noun you use.