Breakdown of Gospodyni przygotowała dobrą kolację.
dobry
good
kolacja
the supper / dinner (evening meal)
przygotować
to prepare
gospodyni
hostess
Questions & Answers about Gospodyni przygotowała dobrą kolację.
Why do dobrą and kolację have different endings if they are both feminine and in the accusative case?
In the accusative case (used for the direct object of the verb), feminine adjectives take the ending -ą, while feminine nouns take the ending -ę. So we get dobrą (adjective) and kolację (noun). It is a very common trap for learners to try and make them rhyme, but they actually require completely different nasal vowels!
What is the masculine equivalent of gospodyni?
Why use przygotowała instead of przygotowywała?
Przygotowała is the perfective (completed) form of the verb. It shows that the hostess successfully finished making the supper, and the meal is ready. If you used the imperfective przygotowywała, it would mean she was in the middle of preparing it (for example, "She was preparing supper when the guests arrived").
Does gospodyni only mean "hostess"?
Not exclusively! Depending on the context, gospodyni can also mean a housekeeper, a landlady, or the female head of a rural household. Here, because she is preparing a nice dinner party meal, "hostess" is the most natural English translation.