Word
Sprzedawca przecenił lampę.
Meaning
The seller marked down the lamp.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Sprzedawca przecenił lampę.
Why does sprzedawca end in -a if it means a male seller?
Because some Polish masculine nouns, especially words for people, end in -a. Sprzedawca is one of them. Even though it looks a bit like a feminine noun, it is grammatically masculine.
You can see that from the verb: przecenił is the masculine singular past form. If the subject were feminine, it would be przeceniła.
Why is it lampę and not lampa?
Because lampę is the accusative singular form of lampa.
- lampa = nominative, the dictionary form
- lampę = accusative, used here because it is the direct object of the verb
So:
- Lampa jest nowa. = The lamp is new.
- Sprzedawca przecenił lampę. = The seller discounted the lamp.
What case is sprzedawca in?
It is in the nominative singular, because it is the subject of the sentence: the person doing the action.
So the structure is:
- Sprzedawca = subject, nominative
- przecenił = verb
- lampę = direct object, accusative
What exactly does przecenił mean here?