Breakdown of W liceum lubiłem matematykę.
lubić
to like
w
in / on (a day)
liceum
the high school
matematyka
mathematics
Questions & Answers about W liceum lubiłem matematykę.
Why does the word liceum not change its ending after the preposition w?
The word liceum is a neuter noun borrowed into Polish that ends in -um. A special rule for these -um nouns is that they are completely indeclinable in the singular. This means they do not change their form at all. So, even though the preposition w normally requires the locative case, the word remains liceum.
How would a female speaker say this sentence?
Why is the imperfective verb lubiłem used here instead of a perfective verb?
Liking a subject at school is an ongoing state or feeling, rather than a single completed action with a clear end result. In Polish, feelings and continuous states in the past always use the imperfective aspect, which is why we use lubiłem.
Why does matematyka change to matematykę in this sentence?
The verb lubić (to like) requires the thing you like to be in the accusative case, because it is the direct object of the sentence. For feminine nouns ending in -a like matematyka, the accusative ending is always -ę.