Breakdown of Po drugie, nasza metoda to bardzo dobry argument.
bardzo
very
dobry
good
nasz
our
to
is (linking copula)
po drugie
secondly
metoda
method
argument
argument
Questions & Answers about Po drugie, nasza metoda to bardzo dobry argument.
Why does the phrase po drugie use the neuter form of the ordinal number?
When sequencing arguments with po, Polish always uses the neuter singular form of the ordinal number, such as po pierwsze (firstly) or po trzecie (thirdly). This is a fixed grammatical structure used specifically for listing points in a discourse.
Is the comma after po drugie strictly required in Polish?
Yes. Introductory framing words and phrases that organize speech, like po pierwsze, po drugie, and wreszcie, must be separated from the rest of the sentence by a comma, very much like in English.
Why is to used here instead of jest to mean "is"?
When you link two noun phrases to say one thing is another, you can use to and keep both nouns in the basic nominative case. If you used jest, the second noun phrase would have to change to the instrumental case, which would be nasza metoda jest bardzo dobrym argumentem.
Is the Polish word argument a false friend?
Partially. It translates to "argument" only in the sense of a logical point or reason given to support an idea. It does not mean a heated disagreement or verbal fight. If you want to talk about people yelling at each other, you would use a word like kłótnia.
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