Breakdown of Długi tej firmy wobec banków sięgają ogromnych kwot.
ta
this (f)
firma
company
bank
bank
kwota
the amount
dług
debt
wobec
towards
ogromny
huge
sięgać
to reach
Questions & Answers about Długi tej firmy wobec banków sięgają ogromnych kwot.
The current lesson is about the emphatic particle aż. How could we use it in this sentence to emphasize the size of the debts?
To use aż here, you would typically add tak (such/so) because aż works best before exact numbers, quantifiers, or adverbs of degree. You could say sięgają aż tak ogromnych kwot (reach such huge amounts) to express surprise at the scale. If you had a specific number instead of a general phrase, aż would go directly before it: sięgają aż dwóch milionów (reach as much as two million).
Why is the phrase ogromnych kwot in the genitive case instead of the accusative?
The verb sięgać (to reach, to extend to) requires its object to be in the genitive case. This rule applies whether you are talking about reaching a physical point, like a high shelf, or an abstract level, like huge sums of money.
What case is triggered by the preposition wobec (towards)?
The preposition wobec always takes the genitive case. Here, it changes the nominative plural banki into the genitive plural banków. It is the standard preposition to use when talking about obligations, liabilities, or attitudes directed towards an institution or person.
English often uses the singular uncountable word debt for a company's finances. Why does Polish use the plural długi here?
While you can use the singular dług to refer to one specific loan or the concept of debt as a whole, Polish very frequently uses the plural długi when a person or company has multiple different financial liabilities or owes money to multiple sources, as is the case here with several banks.
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