Breakdown of Musimy uprościć ten projekt dla naszych klientów.
ten
this (m)
nasz
our
projekt
project
musieć
to have to
klient
client
dla
for
uprościć
to simplify
Questions & Answers about Musimy uprościć ten projekt dla naszych klientów.
How is the verb uprościć formed from the adjective for 'simple'?
The adjective for 'simple' is prosty. To create the verb 'to simplify', Polish adds the prefix u- (which often creates verbs meaning 'to make something [adjective]') and the verb suffix -ić. Notice the consonant mutation where the cluster st changes to ść: prosty becomes uprościć.
Since uprościć is perfective, what is its imperfective equivalent?
The imperfective equivalent is upraszczać. Notice how the root vowel shifts from o to a, and the consonant cluster shifts again from ść to szcz. This vowel shift from o to a is a very common pattern when deriving imperfective verbs in Polish.
Why doesn't the phrase ten projekt change its ending, given it is the direct object?
As the direct object of an affirmative verb, it takes the accusative case. Because projekt is a masculine inanimate noun, its accusative form is identical to its nominative form. You would only use the genitive tego projektu if the sentence were negated, for example, Nie musimy uprościć tego projektu.
Why do we use the form naszych klientów in this sentence?
The preposition dla (meaning 'for' someone's benefit) always requires the genitive case. Since we are talking about multiple clients, we use the genitive plural forms: naszych for the pronoun and the standard masculine personal ending -ów for klientów.
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