Word
Czy ta choroba sprawia, że pacjenci tyją i pocą się?
Meaning
Does this disease cause patients to gain weight and sweat?
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Breakdown of Czy ta choroba sprawia, że pacjenci tyją i pocą się?
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and
czy
[question particle]
ten
this (m)
że
that
Questions & Answers about Czy ta choroba sprawia, że pacjenci tyją i pocą się?
In English, we say 'cause patients to gain weight' using an infinitive. Why does Polish use że and the conjugated verbs tyją and pocą się?
Polish doesn't use the infinitive construction 'cause someone to do something' or 'make someone do something'. Instead, causative verbs like sprawiać require a subordinate clause introduced by że (that), followed by a fully conjugated verb. Literally, the Polish sentence says 'Does this disease cause that patients gain weight and sweat?'
Could I use robić instead of sprawiać to say the disease 'makes' them gain weight?
No, robić is mainly used for doing an activity or physically creating something. When 'make' means 'cause a state or result' or 'cause someone to do something', you must use sprawiać (imperfective) or sprawić (perfective).
Why is the imperfective verb sprawia used here instead of the perfective sprawi?
The imperfective sprawia is used because the question asks about a general, ongoing characteristic of the disease. If you were asking about a single, specific future consequence (like, 'Will catching this disease make the patient gain weight?'), you would use the perfective sprawi.
What is the infinitive of tyją, and how is it conjugated?