Breakdown of Proszę zwiększyć produkcję, aby polepszyć jakość.
proszę
please; here you are
aby
in order to (formal variant of żeby)
jakość
quality
produkcja
production
zwiększyć
to increase (transitive, make something larger)
polepszyć
to improve (conditions or state)
Questions & Answers about Proszę zwiększyć produkcję, aby polepszyć jakość.
How is the verb zwiększyć constructed in this sentence?
It is formed from the comparative adjective większy (bigger). By adding the prefix z- and the infinitive ending -ć, it creates a perfective verb that literally means to make bigger or to increase.
Why does polepszyć use the prefix po- while zwiększyć uses z-?
Both po- and z- are used to turn comparative adjectives into perfective verbs indicating a change of state. polepszyć comes from lepszy (better). There is no strict grammatical rule dictating which prefix a specific adjective requires, so you simply have to memorize that lepszy takes po- while większy takes z-.
Could I use żeby instead of aby here?
Yes, aby and żeby both mean in order to and are grammatically interchangeable in this sentence. aby sounds slightly more formal, which perfectly fits a professional context like discussing production and quality. Since the implied subject is the same for both actions, aby is followed directly by the infinitive polepszyć.
jakość is the direct object of polepszyć. Why doesn't its ending change for the accusative case?
It actually is in the accusative case here. However, jakość (quality) belongs to a specific group of feminine nouns that end in a consonant rather than -a. For these nouns, the accusative form is always identical to the nominative form, so the word looks completely unchanged.
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