Breakdown of Ten współpracownik jest najbardziej doświadczony z nas wszystkich.
być
to be
ten
this (m)
wszyscy
everyone / all (the)
my
we
z
from (+ Genitive)
najbardziej
most
doświadczony
experienced
współpracownik
co-worker
Questions & Answers about Ten współpracownik jest najbardziej doświadczony z nas wszystkich.
How does the prefix współ- work in the word współpracownik?
The prefix współ- means "co-" or "jointly" (similar to "com-" or "co-" in English). Attached to pracownik (worker or employee), it creates współpracownik, meaning "co-worker." You will see this prefix in many words about shared participation, such as współlokator (roommate) or współautor (co-author).
Why do we say najbardziej doświadczony instead of using a single-word superlative like najdoświadczeńszy?
While Polish often makes superlatives by changing the word ending and adding naj- (like najstarszy for oldest), adjectives that come from verbs (participles ending in -ny, -ty, or -ący) usually require the analytic method. Just like in English where you say "the most experienced" instead of "experiencedest", in Polish you put najbardziej (the most) before the base adjective doświadczony.
Why is the phrase z nas wszystkich used here instead of the comparative preposition od?
When pointing out one person from within a specific group (meaning "out of"), you use z plus the genitive case. The preposition od (than) is used for direct comparisons between two separate entities (like saying he is older "than" us), but superlatives that select someone out of a pool use z.
What case is nas wszystkich in, and why?
It is in the genitive case. The preposition z requires the genitive case when it means "out of" or "from" (unlike when it means "with," which takes the instrumental case). Both nas (us) and wszystkich (all) are plural genitive forms.
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