Breakdown of Przez jego niekompetencję nie ma dzisiaj wyników.
mieć
to have
nie
no / not
dzisiaj
today
jego
his, its
wynik
result
przez
because of
niekompetencja
incompetence
Questions & Answers about Przez jego niekompetencję nie ma dzisiaj wyników.
Why do we use przez here instead of a neutral phrase like z powodu?
In Polish, przez followed by the Accusative case is specifically used to point out a negative cause or to place blame. Since his incompetence is the fault behind the lack of results, przez sounds much more natural and expressive here than the neutral z powodu (because of).
Why does niekompetencja change to niekompetencję in this sentence?
The preposition przez always requires the Accusative case. For feminine nouns ending in -a like niekompetencja, the Accusative ending is -ę.
Why is the word for results (wyniki) written as wyników here?
This is a great refresher on the Genitive of negation. Because of the phrase nie ma (there is no / there are no), the thing that is missing must take the Genitive case. Therefore, the nominative plural wyniki becomes the genitive plural wyników.
Would the meaning change if I moved dzisiaj to the very beginning of the sentence?
The core meaning would stay exactly the same. Polish word order is flexible, so starting with Dzisiaj przez jego niekompetencję... is perfectly fine. In this sentence, keeping dzisiaj near the end just slightly emphasizes that it is specifically today's results that are missing.
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