Breakdown of Jesteśmy w kasynie, obym coś wygrał.
być
to be
w
in / on (a day)
coś
something
wygrać
to win
oby
hopefully / if only
kasyno
the casino
Questions & Answers about Jesteśmy w kasynie, obym coś wygrał.
Why does the word "oby" have an "-m" attached to it, and why is "wygrał" in the 3rd-person form if "I" am the one winning?
Just like with the conjunction żeby, the personal ending must attach directly to the particle oby. The 1st-person singular ending -m attaches to oby to create obym. Because the personal ending moved to the particle, the verb wygrał is left in its base past-tense form (the l-participle), which looks identical to the 3rd-person singular.
The translation says "hopefully I will win", which is future tense. Why does the Polish sentence use the past-tense verb "wygrał"?
In Polish, clauses starting with oby always use the past-tense form (the l-participle), even when hoping for a future event. Combining oby with the past tense creates an optative mood, which is a grammatical structure used specifically to express strong wishes, hopes, or apprehensions.
How would this sentence change if a female speaker were saying it?
Why is the ending for "kasyno" in the Locative case "w kasynie" instead of "w kasynu"?
The noun kasyno is neuter. In the Locative case (used here after the preposition w to express a static location), most neuter nouns ending in -o take the -ie ending. Adding -ie softens the preceding consonant n, resulting in the spelling kasynie.
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