Breakdown of Złodzieje pozbawili firmę dostępu do konta.
firma
company
do
to
konto
account
złodziej
thief
dostęp
access
pozbawić
to deprive (perfective)
Questions & Answers about Złodzieje pozbawili firmę dostępu do konta.
Why is dostępu in the Genitive case here?
This is the focus of your current lesson! The verb pozbawić (to deprive) requires the Genitive case for the thing that is taken away or denied. Because of this rule, the masculine inanimate noun dostęp (access) takes the Genitive ending to become dostępu.
If the company is the victim of the action, why is firmę in the Accusative rather than the Dative?
Unlike many Polish verbs of giving or taking that use the Dative for the affected person (like ukraść komuś, to steal from someone), pozbawić works just like the English verb 'to deprive'. It takes a direct object in the Accusative case for the victim. Therefore, the company (firma) takes the Accusative form firmę.
Why does the verb take the -li ending in pozbawili instead of -ły?
The noun złodziej (thief) belongs to the masculine personal gender category. In the plural, masculine personal subjects require past tense verbs to use the -li ending. If the subjects were non-personal, such as animals, machines, or abstract forces, the verb would be pozbawiły.
What case does the preposition do trigger in the phrase do konta?
The preposition do (to) always requires the Genitive case. Since konto (account) is a neuter noun, its Genitive singular form is konta.
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