Breakdown of Zaszedł bardzo daleko w karierze.
daleko
far
bardzo
very
w
in / on (a day)
kariera
career
zajść
to go far
Questions & Answers about Zaszedł bardzo daleko w karierze.
Why is the verb zaszedł used here instead of poszedł?
Zaszedł comes from the verb zajść. While it physically means to drop by or go behind something, in an abstract sense it means to advance or reach a certain point. When talking about going far in life or a career, we use the set phrase zajść daleko. Poszedł would sound too literal, as if he physically walked away.
Since this is a verb of motion, why does w karierze use the Locative case rather than a case showing destination?
Even though zajść is technically a verb of motion, the phrase zajść daleko w focuses on the sphere where the achievement happened. You treat the career as a static background where his success exists, so the preposition w takes the Locative case here, just like describing a location.
Is zaszedł perfective or imperfective, and can I use the other form here?
Zaszedł is perfective, focusing on the completed result of reaching a high point. The imperfective is zachodzić. While you could technically use it to describe the ongoing process of advancing, it sounds very unnatural. This specific idiom almost exclusively uses the perfective form to highlight the achievement.
What are some other common abstract idioms that use zajść?
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