Breakdown of Warto wspierać każdą lokalną inicjatywę.
wspierać
to support (to help, to back someone)
lokalny
local
warto
it is worth (warto + infinitive)
każdy
every, each; everyone
inicjatywa
initiative
Questions & Answers about Warto wspierać każdą lokalną inicjatywę.
How could I express a similar idea here using the compound preposition na rzecz from this lesson?
You would need to change the verb and the case. For example, you could say Warto działać na rzecz każdej lokalnej inicjatywy (It is worth acting for the benefit of every local initiative). Because na rzecz requires the Genitive case, the Accusative phrase każdą lokalną inicjatywę changes to the Genitive każdej lokalnej inicjatywy.
Why is the imperfective verb wspierać used here instead of the perfective wesprzeć?
The imperfective wspierać is used because this sentence expresses a general principle or an ongoing attitude. You are talking about supporting initiatives in general, whenever they happen. If you were talking about a one-time act of financial or physical support for a specific, single project, you would use the perfective wesprzeć.
Just to double-check, what case is każdą lokalną inicjatywę?
It is in the Accusative case, which is the standard direct object case required by the verb wspierać (to support). As a refresher for feminine singular words: the Nominative -a endings change to -ą for adjectives (każdą lokalną) and to -ę for nouns (inicjatywę).
What kind of word is warto, and how does it affect the sentence structure?
Warto (it is worth) is an indeclinable word that acts as the core of an impersonal sentence. Notice there is no subject (like "ja" or "ty") here. It sets up a general statement and is always followed directly by an infinitive verb, which is why it pairs perfectly with wspierać here.
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