Breakdown of Diagnosta wykrył problem.
problem
the problem
diagnosta
the authorised vehicle inspector
wykryć
to detect
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Questions & Answers about Diagnosta wykrył problem.
Why does diagnosta end in -a if it refers to a man?
Because in Polish, some masculine personal nouns end in -a. Diagnosta is one of them.
So even though the ending may look feminine to an English-speaking learner, the word is grammatically masculine when it refers to a male diagnostician. You can see that from agreement:
- ten diagnosta = this diagnostician (masculine)
- dobry diagnosta = a good diagnostician (masculine)
- diagnosta wykrył = the diagnostician detected (the verb form is masculine)
This pattern is not unusual in Polish. Other masculine nouns can behave similarly.
What case is diagnosta in here?
It is in the nominative singular.
In this sentence, diagnosta is the subject — the person doing the action — so nominative is the expected case.
- Diagnosta = subject
- wykrył = verb
- problem = direct object
Why is the verb wykrył in that form?