Breakdown of Z powodu kryzysu konsumenci kupują znacznie mniej.
kupować
to buy
mniej
less
znacznie
significantly
z powodu
due to
kryzys
crisis
konsument
the consumer
Questions & Answers about Z powodu kryzysu konsumenci kupują znacznie mniej.
The lesson is about the exhaustive wy- prefix (like wykupić). Why use the basic verb kupują here instead of wykupują?
The basic imperfective kupują simply means they are engaging in the general act of buying. If you used wykupują, it would mean they are "buying up" or "clearing out" all the stock. Since the sentence explicitly states they are buying less, using a prefix that implies exhausting the supply completely wouldn't make sense.
Why is kryzys in the genitive case (kryzysu)?
The phrase z powodu (because of / due to) always requires the genitive case. Since powód means "reason," you can think of it literally as "from the reason of the crisis."
What dictates the ending of konsumenci, and why isn't it konsumenty?
Konsument is a masculine personal noun. In the nominative plural, masculine personal nouns ending in -t undergo a consonant shift where the t softens to ci, giving us konsumenci. Using konsumenty would strip the noun of its "human" grammatical gender, which is incorrect for people.
Could I say dużo mniej instead of znacznie mniej?
Yes, dużo mniej (a lot less) is perfectly correct and very common in daily conversation. Znacznie mniej (significantly less) is just slightly more formal, which fits well with the economic context of this sentence.
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