Breakdown of Pracujemy razem w celu poprawy edukacji.
pracować
to work
razem
together
poprawa
improvement
w celu
for the purpose of
edukacja
education (process)
Questions & Answers about Pracujemy razem w celu poprawy edukacji.
What case does the phrase w celu require, and how is it applied in this sentence?
The compound preposition w celu (for the purpose of) always takes the Genitive case. Because of this, the feminine noun poprawa (improvement) changes to its Genitive form, poprawy.
I usually want to put a verb after 'in order to'. Can I use an infinitive verb directly after w celu?
No, you cannot put an infinitive directly after w celu. You must either use a regular noun in the Genitive (like poprawy here), a verbal noun in the Genitive (like poprawienia), or switch to a conjunction like żeby if you want to use the infinitive verb poprawić.
Why is the word edukacji also in the Genitive case?
It acts as the object of the noun poprawy. In English, you say 'the improvement OF education', and Polish handles this noun-to-noun relationship by putting the second noun in the Genitive case. Because edukacja ends in -cja, its Genitive is edukacji.
The lesson also teaches na rzecz. Could we use it here instead of w celu?
They are similar but have different nuances. w celu focuses on a specific goal or purpose (in order to achieve improvement). na rzecz means 'for the benefit of' or 'on behalf of'. You could say pracujemy na rzecz edukacji (we are working for the benefit of education), but w celu is the natural choice when you want to express an exact goal.
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