Word
Wyszedłszy z budynku, prokurator odmówił wypowiedzi.
Meaning
Having left the building, the prosecutor refused to comment.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Wyszedłszy z budynku, prokurator odmówił wypowiedzi.
budynek
building
wyjść
to go out, to leave
z
from (+ Genitive)
odmówić
to refuse (perf)
Questions & Answers about Wyszedłszy z budynku, prokurator odmówił wypowiedzi.
How exactly is the participle wyszedłszy formed here?
It comes from the perfective verb wyjść (to leave). For verbs where the past tense masculine singular ends in a consonant followed by -ł (like wyszedł), you form the adverbial anterior participle by simply adding the suffix -szy to that past tense form. Therefore, wyszedł becomes wyszedłszy (having left).
Could I use wyszedłszy if the sentence meant 'Having left the building, the journalists were ignored by the prosecutor'?
No, you cannot. A strict rule for adverbial participles in Polish is that the action in the participle phrase must be performed by the same subject as the main clause. In this sentence, the prosecutor (prokurator) is the subject who refused to comment, so they must also be the one who left the building.
Why does the sentence use wypowiedzi instead of the accusative case?
The verb odmówić (to refuse or decline) always requires its object to be in the genitive case. Since wypowiedź (statement or comment) is a feminine noun ending in a soft consonant, its genitive form takes the -i ending, becoming wypowiedzi.
Why use wypowiedzi instead of a simpler word like komentarza?