Word
Niezawodny pracownik to podstawa wiarygodności.
Meaning
A reliable employee is the basis of credibility.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Niezawodny pracownik to podstawa wiarygodności.
to
is (linking copula)
pracownik
employee
podstawa
basis
wiarygodność
credibility
Questions & Answers about Niezawodny pracownik to podstawa wiarygodności.
This lesson focuses on verbs like opierać się na (to be based on). How could we rephrase this sentence using that verb?
You would flip the subject and use the Locative case. Instead of saying the employee is the basis, you would say credibility is based on the employee: Wiarygodność opiera się na niezawodnym pracowniku. Notice how niezawodny pracownik takes the Locative case after na.
Why do we use to here instead of jest?
When equating two nouns directly (Noun A is Noun B), Polish frequently uses to while keeping both nouns in the Nominative case, as in pracownik to podstawa. If you wanted to use jest, the second noun phrase would need to be in the Instrumental case: Niezawodny pracownik jest podstawą wiarygodności.
Why does the word wiarygodność change to wiarygodności in this sentence?
It is in the Genitive case because it translates to the basis of credibility. Feminine nouns ending in a soft consonant, which includes all abstract nouns ending in -ość, take the -i ending in the Genitive, Dative, and Locative singular.
What is the root of the adjective niezawodny?
It is connected to the verb zawieść, which means to disappoint or to fail. Combined with the negative prefix nie-, niezawodny describes an employee who does not fail or will not let you down.