Breakdown of Przecież ta lodziarnia jest bardzo droga.
być
to be
ten
this (m)
bardzo
very
drogi
expensive
przecież
after all / obviously
lodziarnia
the ice cream parlor
Questions & Answers about Przecież ta lodziarnia jest bardzo droga.
How does the suffix in lodziarnia work to show it is a location?
The suffix -arnia is used to create nouns indicating a place of business, service, or production. Here, it attaches to the stem of lody (ice cream) to mean an ice cream parlor. You will see this same suffix in words like kawiarnia (cafe) from kawa (coffee) or piekarnia (bakery).
Why does the stem change from lód or lody to lodzi- in lodziarnia?
Polish frequently uses consonant softening (palatalization) when adding suffixes. The hard d sound softens to the affricate dź, which is spelled dzi before a vowel. This makes the word flow more smoothly than a hard consonant would.
Why is przecież translated as "but" here instead of just using ale?
While ale is a neutral conjunction, przecież adds a strong argumentative or emotional tone. It carries the nuance of "after all", "obviously", or "as you should already know". By using przecież, the speaker emphasizes that the expensiveness is a known fact, likely trying to persuade the listener not to go there.
Why is droga in the nominative case here and not the instrumental case?
When a sentence using the verb być (to be) connects a subject to a standalone adjective, that adjective stays in the nominative case. You only use the instrumental case after być if the predicate includes a noun, such as if the sentence were Ona jest bardzo drogą lodziarnią (It is a very expensive ice cream parlor).
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