Jej współudział w projekcie jest bardzo ważny.
Her co-participation in the project is very important.
Breakdown of Jej współudział w projekcie jest bardzo ważny.
być
to be
bardzo
very
w
in / on (a day)
projekt
project
ważny
important
jej
her (possessive)
współudział
co-participation
Questions & Answers about Jej współudział w projekcie jest bardzo ważny.
How does the prefix współ- change the meaning of the base word udział here?
The base word udział means participation or share. Adding the prefix współ- (which means co- or together) creates współudział, emphasizing that she is participating alongside others rather than doing it all by herself. It literally translates to co-participation.
I've seen współudział used in crime shows. Does it always have a negative meaning?
Not always, as this sentence shows! In a business or everyday context, it just means joint participation or collaboration. However, in legal or police contexts, współudział is the standard term for complicity or being an accomplice to a crime.
Why is the adjective ważny in the masculine form if the sentence is about her (jej)?
The adjective ważny describes the noun współudział (co-participation), which is a masculine noun. The possessive pronoun jej (her) just tells us whose participation it is, but it does not change the grammatical gender of the noun itself.
Why does the word projekt change to projekcie here?
The preposition w (in) requires the locative case here because it describes being inside an abstract location (the project). For masculine inanimate nouns ending in a hard consonant like -t, the locative ending is -ie, which causes the -t to soften to -ci, resulting in projekcie.
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