Breakdown of My jesteśmy zaufanym zespołem i polegamy na sobie.
być
to be
i
and
my
we
siebie
oneself
zespół
team / band (music group)
polegać na
to rely on
zaufany
trusted
Questions & Answers about My jesteśmy zaufanym zespołem i polegamy na sobie.
Why do we use sobie after polegać na in this sentence?
The verb polegać (to rely) requires the preposition na followed by the Locative case. The word sobie is the Locative form of the reflexive pronoun siebie.
I learned that forms of siebie mean doing something to 'oneself'. Why does na sobie mean 'on each other' here?
When the subject is plural (like 'we' or 'they'), Polish frequently uses the reflexive pronoun siebie to express reciprocal actions, meaning 'each other' or 'one another'. Given the context of a team, polegamy na sobie naturally translates to 'we rely on each other'.
Why is the phrase zaufanym zespołem in the Instrumental case?
When you use the verb być (here, jesteśmy) to state what something or someone is, and you follow it with a noun phrase, that noun phrase must take the Instrumental case. So the Nominative zaufany zespół changes to zaufanym zespołem.
Is it mandatory to include the pronoun My at the beginning of the sentence?
No, you could just say Jesteśmy zaufanym zespołem.... Polish usually drops the subject pronoun because the verb ending already makes it clear who is acting. Including My here just adds a little extra emphasis, highlighting that we specifically are this kind of team.
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