Word
Zabiła go ciekawość.
Meaning
Curiosity killed him.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Zabiła go ciekawość.
How exactly do we form ciekawość from the adjective ciekawy?
Why does the verb zabiła have a feminine ending if it refers to killing a male?
Why is the subject ciekawość at the very end of the sentence?
Polish word order is flexible, and placing the subject at the end of the sentence is often used to build a tiny bit of suspense or to give the word more dramatic emphasis. You could say Ciekawość go zabiła, but the Verb-Object-Subject order here sounds much more punchy and idiomatic.
Why do we use the short pronoun go instead of jego?
We use the unstressed, short form go because the focus of the sentence is on the curiosity and the act of killing, not on the person who died. You would only use the long form jego if you wanted to emphasize that curiosity killed him specifically, as opposed to someone else.