Word
Nawet deszcz nie przeszkadza nam spacerować po parku.
Meaning
Even the rain doesn’t stop us from walking in the park.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Nawet deszcz nie przeszkadza nam spacerować po parku.
nie
not
park
the park
deszcz
the rain
po
in
Questions & Answers about Nawet deszcz nie przeszkadza nam spacerować po parku.
What does nawet mean here, and why is it at the beginning?
Nawet means even.
At the start of the sentence, it emphasizes the surprising part:
- Nawet deszcz... = Even the rain...
It tells you that rain is something you might expect to be a problem, but in this case it is not.
Polish word order is flexible, so nawet can sometimes appear in other positions, but here sentence-initial position sounds natural and gives strong emphasis.
Why is it deszcz, not some other form like deszczu?
Deszcz is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence.
- deszcz = rain
- deszcz nie przeszkadza = the rain does not bother / prevent
Even though the sentence contains nie, that does not change the subject into another case. The subject stays in the nominative.
Why is it nam and not my?
Because the verb przeszkadzać normally takes the dative case for the person affected.
- my = we
- nam = to us / us (dative form)
So:
- deszcz nie przeszkadza nam = the rain does not bother us / does not prevent us
This is a very common pattern:
- przeszkadzać komuś = to bother / interfere with someone
- komuś means the person is in the dative