Word
Nowy system składa się z trzech komponentów.
Meaning
The new system consists of three components.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Nowy system składa się z trzech komponentów.
nowy
new
trzy
three
system
the system
składać się z
to consist of
Questions & Answers about Nowy system składa się z trzech komponentów.
Why does the verb składa się use the preposition z and which case follows it?
The verb składać się (to consist) must always be paired with the preposition z (meaning 'out of' or 'from' in this context) to express what something is made of. When z is used to show origin or composition like this, it requires the Genitive case. That is why the phrase becomes z trzech komponentów.
Does the verb składać have a different meaning if we drop the reflexive pronoun się?
Yes! Without się, the verb składać usually means 'to fold' (like clothes or paper), 'to assemble' (like furniture), or 'to submit' (like an application). Adding się changes it to mean 'to be composed' or 'to consist'.
Why is the number 'three' written as trzech here instead of trzy?
Because the preposition z forces the entire following phrase into the Genitive case. While trzy is the Nominative and Accusative form for non-masculine-personal nouns, trzech is the required Genitive form. It has to match the case of the noun it modifies (komponentów).
The base noun is komponent. Why does it take the -ów ending here?