Breakdown of Nasz klient był nieświadomy, że nie tolerujemy takiego zachowania.
być
to be
nie
no / not
nasz
our
że
that
klient
client
taki
such, this kind of
zachowanie
behavior
tolerować
to tolerate
nieświadomy
unaware
Questions & Answers about Nasz klient był nieświadomy, że nie tolerujemy takiego zachowania.
Why is nieświadomy written as one word here?
The word nie is written together with adjectives in their basic form (the positive degree). Since świadomy (aware) is a standard adjective, adding nie to mean 'unaware' creates a single word: nieświadomy.
Why is nie tolerujemy written as two separate words?
The negative particle nie is always written separately from verbs. Even though you join it to adjectives like in the previous example, when you are negating an action like tolerujemy (we tolerate), the nie must stand alone.
Could I say nie był świadomy instead of był nieświadomy?
Why is it takiego zachowania instead of the accusative takie zachowanie?
This is a classic example of the 'genitive of negation.' Normally, the verb tolerować takes a direct object in the accusative case. However, because the verb is negated (nie tolerujemy), the direct object must switch to the genitive case, which gives us takiego zachowania.
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