Verbs taking 'za' (przepraszać za)

Verbs taking "za" for Reasons and Accountability

In Polish, when you apologize, assign blame, or give praise for a specific reason, you use the preposition za (for) followed by the Accusative case.

When dealing with corporate errors and public relations, you will frequently use the verb przepraszać (to apologize). Keep in mind how the Accusative case works for the objects of these sentences:

• Masculine inanimate nouns and their adjectives (like ten incydent) remain identical to their dictionary form.
• Plural non-masculine-personal nouns (like niedogodności) also remain unchanged.

Taking Responsibility and Blaming

When managing a crisis, you will need to discuss who is at fault. Use the same za + Accusative structure with these expressions:

• brać odpowiedzialność za (to take responsibility for)
• winić za (to blame for)

Remember that feminine nouns like sytuacja will take the typical -ę ending in the Accusative case (making tę sytuację).

Praising Good Actions

Just as you hold someone accountable for negative events, you use the exact same grammar to give credit for positive actions using the verb chwalić (to praise).

Complex Public Statements

You can combine these verbs with relative clauses and conjunctions to create a formal statement (komunikat) addressing the public or the press.