Breakdown of Zawsze bierzemy fakturę z naszym NIP-em.
zawsze
always
z
with
nasz
our
brać
to take (imperf.)
faktura
invoice
NIP
the tax identification number
Questions & Answers about Zawsze bierzemy fakturę z naszym NIP-em.
Why is there a hyphen in NIP-em, and how do we know it takes the masculine -em ending?
NIP is an acronym for Numer Identyfikacji Podatkowej (Tax Identification Number). When declining a Polish acronym that ends in a consonant sound, you treat it as a masculine noun and attach the case ending with a hyphen. Because it follows the preposition z meaning 'with', it requires the instrumental case, hence the standard masculine ending -em.
Why does the sentence use naszym rather than nasz?
Possessive pronouns must agree with the noun they describe. Because the acronym NIP-em is acting as a masculine noun in the instrumental case, nasz must also take its masculine singular instrumental form, which is naszym.
Could I use the perfective verb weźmiemy instead of bierzemy here?
No, because the word zawsze (always) tells us this is a repeated, habitual action. In Polish, habitual actions always require the imperfective aspect, so you must use the imperfective verb bierzemy.
Why is the word faktura written here as fakturę?
It is the direct object of the verb bierzemy (we take), which means it must be in the accusative case. For feminine nouns ending in -a like faktura, the accusative ending is -ę.
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