Breakdown of Przesiedziałam oba dni w domu, bo byłam chora.
być
to be
dom
house
w
in / on (a day)
bo
because
chory
sick
dzień
day
oba
both (m/n)
przesiedzieć
to sit through
Questions & Answers about Przesiedziałam oba dni w domu, bo byłam chora.
How does the prefix prze- change the meaning of the verb siedzieć here?
The basic verb siedzieć means to sit or to stay. Adding the prefix prze- emphasizes spending a specific, continuous amount of time doing that activity. So przesiedzieć means to spend time sitting or to stay somewhere for an entire period.
Why is the time expression oba dni in the Accusative case?
When you use a prze- prefixed verb to express how long an action lasted, the time phrase that follows must be in the Accusative case. Here, the Accusative form of both days is oba dni, answering the question of how long the sitting lasted.
Is the verb przesiedziałam perfective or imperfective?
It is perfective. Even though it describes a continuous action of sitting, the prefix prze- frames the action as a single, completed block of time. The speaker successfully sat through the entirety of those two days.
I know dwa means two, so what exactly is oba? Could I use obydwa here?
Oba means both, and it is used here because dzień (plural: dni) is a masculine inanimate noun. You could absolutely use obydwa dni instead; oba and obydwa mean exactly the same thing and are interchangeable in this context.
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