Word
Monitorujemy aktywność na aktywnych wulkanach.
Meaning
We monitor the activity on the active volcanoes.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Monitorujemy aktywność na aktywnych wulkanach.
na
on, at / to (motion toward) / for (a meal) / for (waiting for)
aktywny
active
wulkan
volcano
aktywność
activity (state of being active, physical)
Questions & Answers about Monitorujemy aktywność na aktywnych wulkanach.
How would we apply this lesson's topic to say 'As for active volcanoes, we monitor their activity'?
You would use co do followed by the genitive case: Co do aktywnych wulkanów, monitorujemy ich aktywność. Notice how the locative aktywnych wulkanach changes to the genitive aktywnych wulkanów.
The sentence uses both aktywność and aktywnych. Is there a way to avoid this repetition?
Yes, just like in English, it sounds slightly repetitive. You can swap aktywnych for czynnych. The adjective czynny also means 'active' (as in operational or working), so na czynnych wulkanach is a very natural alternative that avoids using the same root word twice.
Why doesn't the direct object aktywność take an accusative ending like -ę?
Because aktywność is a feminine noun ending in a consonant, not in -a. For feminine nouns ending in -ść, the accusative form is exactly the same as the nominative form.
We use the imperfective verb monitorujemy here. Does it have a perfective counterpart?