Powinni państwo brać tabletki w równych odstępach.

Questions & Answers about Powinni państwo brać tabletki w równych odstępach.

The lesson is about using co for frequency. Could I say co równe odstępy instead of w równych odstępach?
No, that wouldn't sound natural. We use co for specific, countable time periods (like co dwie godziny for 'every two hours'). When talking generally about intervals (odstępy), Polish uses the preposition w with the Locative case: w równych odstępach.
Why is the masculine personal form powinni used with państwo?
The word państwo is used for a mixed-gender group of adults (formal 'you' plural). Grammatically, it always acts as a masculine personal noun, which is why it pairs with the masculine personal form powinni instead of the non-masculine powinny.
Why use the imperfective verb brać here instead of the perfective wziąć?
The phrase w równych odstępach implies a habitual or repeated action of taking pills multiple times. Repeated actions require imperfective verbs like brać. You would use wziąć only for a single, completed action (like taking a single dose right now).
What case is w równych odstępach, and why?
It is in the Locative case plural. The preposition w requires the Locative case when expressing the circumstances or manner in which something happens, such as doing something 'in' equal intervals.

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