Breakdown of Po pracy oglądam telewizję tylko wtedy, gdy jestem zmęczony.
ja
I
być
to be
oglądać
to watch
po
after
Questions & Answers about Po pracy oglądam telewizję tylko wtedy, gdy jestem zmęczony.
Why is it po pracy, not po praca?
Because the preposition po requires a specific case here: the locative.
- basic form: praca = work
- after po: po pracy = after work
So po pracy is the correct grammatical form.
A useful thing to remember is that pracy is the locative singular here, even though it happens to look the same as the genitive form.
Why is it oglądam telewizję? Why does telewizja change to telewizję?
Because telewizja is the direct object of the verb oglądać = to watch, and direct objects usually take the accusative case.
- nominative: telewizja
- accusative: telewizję
So:
- Oglądam telewizję = I watch TV
In this expression, telewizję usually means television/TV as a medium, not literally just the physical TV set.
Why is there no word for I in the sentence?