Questions & Answers about Ta zupa pachnie apetycznie.
Why do we use the adverb apetycznie here instead of an adjective?
In English, sensory verbs like smell, look, and taste act as linking verbs and take adjectives. In Polish, verbs of the senses like pachnieć (to smell), wyglądać (to look), and smakować (to taste) require adverbs because they describe how the subject performs the action. Literally, you are saying the soup smells appetizingly.
So I can never say Ta zupa pachnie apetyczna?
Does the verb pachnieć imply a good or bad smell?
By itself, pachnieć usually implies a pleasant smell, or just having a specific scent. If you want to say something smells bad, you either use the verb śmierdzieć (to stink) or pair pachnieć with a negative adverb, like Ta zupa pachnie brzydko.
How do I form other present tense forms of pachnieć?
It follows the -e/-ą conjugation pattern. The stem is pachn-, so you get ja pachnę, ty pachniesz, ona pachnie, and they (masculine personal) pachną.