Breakdown of Serwer składa się z wielu komponentów.
wiele
many, much (+ Genitive)
składać się z
to consist of
komponent
the component
serwer
the server
Questions & Answers about Serwer składa się z wielu komponentów.
Doesn't the preposition z usually take the Instrumental case? Why is it Genitive here?
While z takes the Instrumental case when it means "with" (company or accompaniment), it takes the Genitive case when indicating origin, extraction, or what something is made out of. With the verb składać się (to consist of), the preposition z points to the composition of the whole, so it strictly requires the Genitive.
Why is the word for "many" written as wielu instead of wiele?
It must match the Genitive case required by the preposition z. The base quantifier wiele is used in the Nominative or Accusative cases, but its Genitive form is wielu.
What dictates the -ów ending on komponentów?
Komponent is a masculine inanimate noun ending in a hard consonant (the letter t). In the Genitive plural, which is triggered here by both the preposition z and the quantifier wielu, these hard-stem masculine nouns almost always take the -ów ending.
Can I use the perfective verb złożyć się instead of składać się for this meaning?
No. To express that something "consists of" parts as an ongoing fact or state, you must use the imperfective składać się. The perfective form złożyć się is used for completed actions, such as chipping in money together for a shared purchase (for example: złożyliśmy się na prezent).
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