Breakdown of Dyrektor musi rozpatrzyć to odwołanie.
ten
this (m)
dyrektor
director
musieć
to have to
rozpatrzyć
to examine
odwołanie
appeal
Questions & Answers about Dyrektor musi rozpatrzyć to odwołanie.
What does the prefix roz- add to the root patrzyć in the verb rozpatrzyć?
The base verb patrzyć (or patrzeć) means "to look." The prefix roz- often adds the meaning of doing something thoroughly, taking something apart, or analyzing. So rozpatrzyć means "to look through thoroughly," which translates to the formal meaning "to examine," "to consider," or "to review" a document or a case.
I know odwołać means "to cancel." Why does odwołanie mean "appeal" here?
The verb odwołać literally means "to call back" (from od- + wołać). While it commonly means "to cancel" (calling off an event), in formal and legal contexts, odwołać się means "to appeal" (calling a decision back to a higher authority). Therefore, the noun odwołanie can mean either "cancellation" or "appeal." Here, the context of a director examining a document makes "appeal" the logical translation.
What case is to odwołanie, and why doesn't its ending change?
It is in the accusative case because it is the direct object of the verb rozpatrzyć. Because odwołanie is a neuter noun (like all verbal nouns ending in -nie or -cie), its accusative form is completely identical to its nominative form. The demonstrative pronoun to also stays the same.
If I wanted to generalize this and say "One must examine this appeal," how would I use człowiek?
You would replace dyrektor with człowiek to get: Człowiek musi rozpatrzyć to odwołanie. While this specific sentence names a precise title, replacing the subject with człowiek is the natural, everyday Polish way to express generic statements like "One must..." or "A person has to..." when discussing obligations.
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