Breakdown of Aktor liczy na wasze odwiedziny i cieszy się na swój debiut.
i
and
na
on, at / to (motion toward) / for (a meal) / for (waiting for)
aktor
actor
wasz
your (plural)
Questions & Answers about Aktor liczy na wasze odwiedziny i cieszy się na swój debiut.
Why does the sentence use cieszy się na swój debiut instead of cieszy się ze swojego debiutu?
The preposition na changes the meaning of cieszyć się. While cieszyć się z (followed by the Genitive) means "to be happy about" something that has already happened or is happening now, cieszyć się na (followed by the Accusative) means "to look forward to" something in the future. Here, the actor is anticipating his debut, so we use na + the Accusative swój debiut.
English translates odwiedziny as singular ("visit"). Why does the sentence use the plural form wasze odwiedziny?
In Polish, the noun odwiedziny (a visit) is a "pluralia tantum" word, meaning it only exists in the plural form. Because the noun is grammatically plural, any adjectives or pronouns attached to it must also be in the plural. That is why it takes the plural possessive pronoun wasze instead of a singular one.
Could we say cieszy się na jego debiut instead of swój debiut?
It would be grammatically correct but would mean something else entirely. The reflexive possessive pronoun swój refers back to the subject of the sentence (the actor). If you used jego (his), it would imply the actor is looking forward to another man's debut, not his own.
Do both liczyć na and cieszyć się na require the exact same case here?