Breakdown of Szefowi zależy na tym, żeby dopracować ten aneks.
to
this
ten
this (m)
szef
boss (m)
żeby
so that, in order to
zależeć na
to care about
dopracować
to refine
aneks
annex
Questions & Answers about Szefowi zależy na tym, żeby dopracować ten aneks.
How does the prefix do- change the meaning of pracować in this sentence?
The prefix do- here carries the meaning of bringing an action to its final, completed state. While pracować just means 'to work', dopracować means to work on something until it is fully finished or perfected. In this context, it translates to 'refine' or 'polish' the annex.
Why is it Szefowi instead of Szef?
The verb zależeć (to matter / to be important) uses a specific impersonal structure: the person who cares about the thing must be in the dative case. So, szef (the boss) becomes szefowi (to the boss).
Why do we need na tym before żeby? Can't we just say 'zależy, żeby'?
The fixed phrase is zależeć na followed by the locative case (to care about something). When you want to connect this to an action using żeby, you must use the pronoun to in the locative case (tym) as a grammatical bridge. Literally, it translates to 'It matters to the boss on this, that...'
Why is żeby followed by the infinitive dopracować here instead of a conjugated verb?
When żeby is followed by an infinitive, it expresses a general goal without specifying exactly who will perform the action. If the sentence meant the boss wants you specifically to refine it, it would use a personal form: żebyś dopracował. Using the infinitive means the boss just wants the annex refined by whoever is responsible.
Why didn't ten aneks change its ending?
The verb dopracować requires the accusative case for its direct object. Because aneks is an inanimate masculine noun, its accusative form is identical to its nominative (dictionary) form, so both the noun and the pronoun ten remain unchanged.
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