Breakdown of Nasze dzieci dostają po sto złotych miesięcznie jako kieszonkowe.
dziecko
child
nasz
our
sto
one hundred
złoty
zloty
jako
as (in the role of)
dostawać
to get (imperfective)
po
each (distributive)
miesięcznie
monthly (adverb)
kieszonkowe
pocket money
Questions & Answers about Nasze dzieci dostają po sto złotych miesięcznie jako kieszonkowe.
The preposition po usually takes the locative case. Why doesn't it here?
When po is used to mean "each" (distributively), it takes the accusative case for numbers 2 and above. Here, po forces the number sto into the accusative, which looks identical to the nominative sto.
If po takes the accusative, why is złotych in the genitive plural?
The preposition po only dictates the case of the number itself. The noun złotych is controlled by the number. In Polish, numbers 5 and above (including 100) always require the noun following them to be in the genitive plural.
What case is kieszonkowe in after the word jako?
It is in the accusative case. The word jako ("as") doesn't demand a specific case of its own; it copies the grammatical role of the thing it refers to. Since the money is the direct object being received (dostają requires the accusative), kieszonkowe is also accusative. Because it is a neuter word that declines like an adjective, its accusative form is identical to the nominative.
Why use dostają instead of dostaną in this sentence?
The word miesięcznie (monthly) shows this is a recurring, habitual action. Therefore, you must use the imperfective verb dostają (they get). Dostaną is perfective and would mean "they will get" on one specific, completed occasion.
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