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### 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.

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### 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**).

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### 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).

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### 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.

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Verbs taking 'za' (przepraszać za)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

predicative

preposition

pronoun

proper noun

sentence

verb

This is (to jest)

The verb to be, singular (być)

Formal address (Pan, Pani)

Demonstrative pronouns (ten, ta, to)

Adjective agreement

Negation (nie)

Basic questions (czy, kto, co, gdzie, jak)

The verb to be, plural (być)

Present tense -m/-sz verbs

Reflexive verbs (się)

Coordinating conjunctions (i, a, ale)

Feminine direct objects (Accusative)

Inanimate direct objects (Accusative)

Animate masculine direct objects (Accusative)

Present tense verbs 2 (-ę, -isz / -ysz)

Expressing location (w, na)

Locative adjective agreement

Professions and nationalities (Instrumental)

Accompaniment (z + Instrumental)

Present tense verbs 3 (-ę, -esz)

Plural possessives (nasz, wasz)

Numbers 1 to 10

Genitive of possession

Genitive of negation

Lack or absence (nie ma)

Basic quantifiers (dużo, mało, trochę)

Liking things (podoba mi się)

Modal verbs (móc, musieć)

Subordinating conjunctions (bo, że)

Unidirectional motion verbs (iść, jechać)

Expressing age (mieć... lat)

Habitual motion (chodzić, jeździć)

Expressing destination (do)

Days of the week (poniedziałek, wtorek...)

Plural nouns for objects and animals

Plural nouns for people

Plural adjective agreement

Accusative object pronouns (go, ją, je...)

The past tense of to be (był)

Singular past tense (-łem, -łam...)

Expressing age (mieć + lata / lat)

Plural past tense (-li / -ły)

Perfective past tense

Future tense (będę + infinitive)

Age: one year (mieć rok)

Prices and currency (złoty, grosz)

Destination (na + accusative)

Non-masculine plurals (-e, -y, -i)

Instrumental pronouns (ze mną, z tobą)

To know (znać vs wiedzieć)

The future perfective tense

The imperative mood

Months of the year (styczeń, luty)

Greetings and farewells (dzień dobry, cześć)

Introducing yourself (mam na imię)

Thank you and sorry (dziękuję, przepraszam)

Left, right, up and down (po lewej stronie)

Parts of the body (ręka, noga)

Parts of the day (dzień, noc, południe)

What is it like? (jaki, jaka, jakie)

Speaking Polish (mówić po polsku)

Instrumental for adjectives (dobrym, dobrą)

Please do... (proszę + infinitive)

Interests (interesować się + Instrumental)

Can one? (można, trzeba, nie wolno)

By bus or by train (jechać autobusem)

Where are you from? (jestem z Polski)

Where exactly? (obok, przy, przed, za, pod, nad)

What time is it? (Która godzina?)

Not seeing her (go, jej, ich; niego, niej, nich)

When I have time (kiedy as a conjunction)

Irregular past stems (miał, mieli)

The verb 'iść' in the past (szedł, szli)

Imperfective future (będę odpoczywał)

Past aspect (robił vs zrobił)

Future aspect (będzie malował vs pomaluje)

Perfective motion with po- (pójść, pojechać)

Arrival verbs with przy- (przyjść, przyjechać)

Departure verbs with wy- (wyjść, wyjechać)

The Vocative case (Panie, Mamo)

Plural possessives (moi, moje)

Reflexive possessive pronouns (swój)

Genitive plural of masculine nouns (-ów, -y, -i)

Genitive plural of feminine and neuter nouns

Genitive plural of adjectives (-ych, -ich)

Accusative plural of masculine personal nouns

Question	Answer
the spokesperson	rzecznik
to apologize	przepraszać
the incident	incydent
The spokesperson apologizes for this incident.	Rzecznik przeprasza za ten incydent.
the board of directors	zarząd
the responsibility	odpowiedzialność
The board of directors takes responsibility for this error.	Zarząd bierze odpowiedzialność za ten błąd.
to blame	winić
We cannot blame the employee for this situation.	Nie możemy winić pracownika za tę sytuację.
the statement	komunikat
the inconvenience	niedogodność
The spokesperson reads the statement in which he apologizes for the inconvenience.	Rzecznik czyta komunikat, w którym przeprasza za niedogodności.
to praise	chwalić
Clients praise the board of directors for the quick statement.	Klienci chwalą zarząd za szybki komunikat.
the image	wizerunek
Journalists blame the spokesperson for the company's bad image.	Dziennikarze winią rzecznika za zły wizerunek firmy.
Before we publish the statement, we must take responsibility for the fault.	Zanim opublikujemy komunikat, musimy wziąć odpowiedzialność za awarię.
It was a serious incident because nobody checked the system.	To był poważny incydent, dlatego że nikt nie sprawdził systemu.
We apologize to you for the inconvenience in our hotels.	Przepraszamy państwa za niedogodności w naszych hotelach.
The spokesperson apologizes for the delays; however, the clients are disappointed.	Rzecznik przeprasza za opóźnienia, jednak klienci są rozczarowani.
The board of directors apologizes for the bad image, and the manager apologizes for the mistake.	Zarząd przeprasza za zły wizerunek, a kierownik przeprasza za błąd.
Everyone blames the boss for this incident.	Wszyscy winią szefa za ten incydent.
The sooner we take responsibility for the error, the better for the company.	Im szybciej weźmiemy odpowiedzialność za błąd, tym lepiej dla firmy.
Clients praise the spokesperson for an honest statement.	Klienci chwalą rzecznika za szczery komunikat.