Breakdown of W związku z tym musimy zmienić plan.
musieć
to have to
plan
plan
zmienić
to change
w związku z tym
in connection with that, therefore (formal)
Questions & Answers about W związku z tym musimy zmienić plan.
I usually say dlatego for 'therefore'. How is w związku z tym different?
W związku z tym literally means 'in connection with this'. It is a very common, slightly more formal phrase used to say 'therefore', 'consequently', or 'for that reason'. You will hear it frequently in the news or in professional settings, but it is also completely natural in everyday speech when you are making a logical conclusion.
Why does the word związek (connection) change to związku here?
It takes the locative case because it follows the preposition w (in). The word związek drops the -e- (a common spelling change in Polish nouns when adding endings) and takes the standard locative ending -u.
What case is tym and why?
Tym is the instrumental case of to (this/that). The preposition z meaning 'with' always forces the following word into the instrumental case, creating the phrase z tym (with this).
Why use the perfective verb zmienić instead of the imperfective zmieniać?
You use the perfective zmienić because you are talking about making a single, completed change to the plan. If you wanted to express an ongoing or repeated action, like 'we have to keep changing the plan' or 'we have to change the plan regularly', you would use the imperfective zmieniać.
Since plan is the direct object of zmienić, why does it not change its ending for the accusative case?
It actually is in the accusative case! However, plan is a masculine inanimate noun (a non-living thing). In Polish, the accusative case for masculine inanimate nouns looks exactly the same as the basic nominative (dictionary) case.
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