Word
Babcia robi swetry z wełny.
Meaning
Grandmother makes sweaters from wool.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Babcia robi swetry z wełny.
robić
to make, to do
babcia
the grandmother
z
from (+ Genitive)
sweter
jumper, sweater
Questions & Answers about Babcia robi swetry z wełny.
Why does the plural of sweter drop the e to become swetry?
The word sweter has what is called a fleeting e (or mobile e). In Polish, when you add a suffix or an ending to certain words that end in a consonant-e-consonant, that final e often disappears. So, sweter becomes swetry in the plural.
Why is wełna in the genitive case (wełny) after z? Doesn't z usually mean 'with'?
The preposition z takes the instrumental case when it means 'with' (like in z babcią - with grandma). However, when z means 'made of' or 'from' a material, it requires the genitive case. That is why wełna changes to wełny.
Is robi the only way to say she makes or knits the sweaters?
Using robi (makes) is very natural here. If you specifically want to say 'knits,' you would use the phrase robi na drutach, which literally translates to 'makes on wires' or 'makes on needles.'
What case is swetry here, and why didn't its ending change?
It is in the accusative case because it is the direct object of the verb robić. For non-living masculine nouns (masculine inanimate), the plural accusative form is exactly the same as the plural nominative form, which is why it looks identical to its dictionary plural.