Word
Czy koordynator narzeka na ten kosztorys?
Meaning
Is the coordinator complaining about this estimate?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Czy koordynator narzeka na ten kosztorys?
czy
[question particle]
ten
this (m)
na
on, at / to (motion toward) / for (a meal) / for (waiting for)
narzekać
to complain
Questions & Answers about Czy koordynator narzeka na ten kosztorys?
Why does na take the Accusative case here instead of the Locative?
The verb narzekać (to complain) requires the preposition na followed by the Accusative case to show the target of the complaint. While na takes the Locative when describing a physical resting location, verbs of mental focus or directed emotion typically force the Accusative.
ten kosztorys looks exactly like the Nominative case. Are we sure it is Accusative here?
Yes! For masculine inanimate nouns like kosztorys (estimate or budget), the Accusative form is exactly the same as the Nominative form. The demonstrative pronoun ten also shares this identical form. It is grammatically Accusative here because the phrase narzekać na demands it.
In English we complain "about" something. Why can't we use the Polish preposition o in this sentence?
Prepositions rarely map one-to-one between languages. In Polish, the verb narzekać strictly governs the preposition na. Using o (which normally takes the Locative to mean "about") is a very common trap for English speakers. You simply have to memorize the chunk narzekać na coś.
Is narzeka an imperfective or perfective verb, and how does that affect the meaning?