Breakdown of Czy cenzura pozbawia nas ważnych informacji?
czy
[question particle]
my
we
ważny
important
informacja
information
pozbawiać
to deprive
cenzura
censorship
Questions & Answers about Czy cenzura pozbawia nas ważnych informacji?
Why are both nas and ważnych informacji in the Genitive case?
The verb pozbawiać (to deprive) is special because it requires the Genitive case for both of its objects. It takes the Genitive for the person being deprived (nas) and also the Genitive for the thing they are deprived of (ważnych informacji). This double-Genitive pattern is a signature trait of several verbs of deprivation and prohibition in Polish.
Wait, isn't nas usually the Accusative form of my (us)?
The word nas is actually both the Accusative and the Genitive form of my. Because the verb pozbawiać demands the Genitive case for the person being deprived, nas functions as a Genitive pronoun in this specific sentence.
How would the meaning change if the verb was pozbawi instead of pozbawia?
Using the perfective verb pozbawi would change the sentence from a general statement to a specific future event. Czy cenzura pozbawia... asks about a general, ongoing reality (Does censorship deprive us?). If you said Czy cenzura pozbawi..., you would be asking about a specific future consequence (Will censorship deprive us?).
Why does the Genitive plural form informacji end in -i instead of a typical feminine plural ending?
The feminine noun informacja ends in -cja. Nouns with this ending have a special declension where both the Genitive singular and Genitive plural end in -cji. We know it is plural here because the adjective attached to it (ważnych) is clearly in the Genitive plural form.
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