Breakdown of Ten międzynarodowy projekt jest bardzo ciekawy.
być
to be
ten
this (m)
bardzo
very
ciekawy
interesting
projekt
project
międzynarodowy
international
Questions & Answers about Ten międzynarodowy projekt jest bardzo ciekawy.
How is the compound adjective międzynarodowy formed, and why is it written as one single word?
It is formed by combining the preposition między (between) and the adjective narodowy (national). In Polish, compound adjectives created from a phrase where one word governs the other (like a preposition and its object) are always written together without a hyphen. Hyphens are reserved for adjectives made of two equal, independent parts, like polsko-angielski.
Since międzynarodowy is a long compound word, does it follow special declension rules?
No, it declines just like any standard adjective. Only the very end of the word changes to match the case, number, and gender of the noun. Here, it takes the masculine nominative ending -y to match projekt. If it were a feminine noun, it would be międzynarodowa.
Is there a difference between saying Ten międzynarodowy projekt and Ten projekt międzynarodowy?
Yes, word order matters here. Placing the adjective before the noun is standard for describing a quality. Placing it after the noun (as in projekt międzynarodowy) makes it sound like an official, classifying category. Since the speaker is just expressing an opinion that it is interesting, keeping the adjective in front sounds most natural.
Could I use interesujący instead of ciekawy in this sentence?
Absolutely. Both words mean interesting and are practically synonyms here. Ciekawy is slightly more common in everyday spoken Polish, while interesujący sounds a bit more formal or literary. Note that ciekawy can also mean curious (as in wanting to know something), which interesujący does not.
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