Breakdown of Stracił odszkodowanie na skutek zaniedbania.
stracić
to lose (a job, money, time — not misplace, which is zgubić) (perfective of tracić)
na skutek
due to (as a result of)
zaniedbanie
negligence
odszkodowanie
compensation
Questions & Answers about Stracił odszkodowanie na skutek zaniedbania.
We are learning both "na skutek" and "w wyniku". Could we use "w wyniku" in this sentence instead?
Yes, you could say w wyniku zaniedbania and it would mean exactly the same thing. Both phrases require the Genitive case and are used interchangeably in formal contexts to mean "as a result of" or "due to". The phrase na skutek specifically contains the noun skutek, which literally translates to "effect" or "consequence".
Why does the word for negligence take the form "zaniedbania" here?
The compound preposition na skutek always forces the following noun into the Genitive case. The base dictionary form of this noun is zaniedbanie (a neuter noun ending in -e), so its Genitive form changes the final -e to -a, making it zaniedbania.
How is the noun "zaniedbanie" related to the Polish verb for neglecting?
It is a verbal noun created directly from the perfective verb zaniedbać (to neglect). In Polish, you can turn almost any verb into a neuter noun describing the action or its result by replacing the infinitive ending, which usually gives you an ending like -nie or -cie.
Why doesn't "odszkodowanie" change its ending even though it is the direct object being lost?
The verb stracić (to lose) takes the Accusative case for its direct object. However, odszkodowanie is a neuter noun. For neuter nouns, the Accusative form is always exactly the same as the Nominative (dictionary) form, so it looks like it hasn't changed at all.