Breakdown of Rozmawialiśmy o owej opowieści od poniedziałku do piątku.
rozmawiać
to talk
do
to
poniedziałek
Monday
piątek
Friday
od
from
o
about
ów
that aforementioned (m) / owa / owe
opowieść
the tale
Questions & Answers about Rozmawialiśmy o owej opowieści od poniedziałku do piątku.
Why do we use owej here, and what case is it?
It is the locative form of the feminine demonstrative pronoun owa (that aforementioned). The preposition o (meaning "about") requires the locative case. Because opowieść is feminine, owa takes the feminine locative ending, declining exactly like an adjective (similar to nowej).
Could I just say o tej opowieści instead? What is the difference?
Yes, you can. O tej opowieści (about this/that tale) is the standard, everyday way to say it. The pronoun ów (and its feminine form owa) is much more formal and literary. It specifically points back to a noun that was just mentioned earlier in a text or conversation.
Why does opowieści end in -i if it is a feminine noun in the locative case?
Opowieść belongs to a group of feminine nouns that end in a consonant rather than the typical -a. For feminine nouns ending in soft consonants like -ść, the locative (as well as the genitive and dative) singular ending is always -i.
Which case is used for the days of the week in the phrase od poniedziałku do piątku?
They are in the genitive case. Both prepositions od (from) and do (to/until) force the following noun into the genitive. Most masculine inanimate nouns, including days of the week, take the -u ending in the genitive, giving us poniedziałku and piątku.
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