Word
Większość populacji starzeje się bardzo szybko.
Meaning
The majority of the population is aging very fast.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Większość populacji starzeje się bardzo szybko.
bardzo
very
szybko
quickly
większość
majority
populacja
population
Questions & Answers about Większość populacji starzeje się bardzo szybko.
Why does this sentence use the singular verb starzeje się if "the majority" implies many people?
In Polish, words like większość (majority), część (part), and połowa (half) act as standard singular nouns. They dictate strict grammatical agreement rather than logical agreement. Since większość is grammatically singular, the present tense verb must take the 3rd person singular form starzeje się.
What case is populacji here, and what triggers it?
It is in the genitive case. Partitive nouns like większość always require the noun they quantify to be in the genitive, which translates literally to "the majority of the population".
Is populacji singular or plural in this sentence?
It is singular here ("of the population"). However, this can be tricky because feminine nouns ending in -cja (like populacja) have the exact same form for both the genitive singular and genitive plural: populacji. You have to rely on context to know which one is meant.
What is the infinitive of starzeje się and why do we need się?
The infinitive is the imperfective verb starzeć się (to age, to grow old). The pronoun się makes it reflexive, indicating that the subject is undergoing the aging process themselves. Without się, the verb would mean "to age something else".