Breakdown of To, co mieliśmy w magazynie, wykorzystaliśmy do końca.
to
this
mieć
to have
co
what
w
in / on (a day)
Questions & Answers about To, co mieliśmy w magazynie, wykorzystaliśmy do końca.
How does the prefix wy- change the meaning of the base verb korzystać here?
The base verb korzystać means "to use" or "to benefit from" and is imperfective. Adding the prefix wy- creates the perfective verb wykorzystać, which adds the exhaustive meaning of "using up completely" or "utilizing fully". In this sentence, it emphasizes that the entire stock was consumed.
Why does the sentence start with to, co instead of just co?
In English, you can say "What we had, we used up." But in Polish, when "what" acts as a relative pronoun connecting two clauses, you usually need the demonstrative pronoun to (that) paired with co (which). Literally, it translates to "That, which we had...". Using just co by itself here would sound like a question rather than a statement.
Since wykorzystaliśmy already means "we used up", isn't adding do końca (to the end) redundant?
It might seem slightly redundant to an English speaker, but this kind of repetition is very natural in Polish. Adding do końca strongly reinforces the exhaustive nature of the prefix wy-, leaving no doubt that absolutely nothing was left in the warehouse.
Could I say na magazynie instead of w magazynie?