Breakdown of Akwaryście zależy na odpowiedniej temperaturze, więc kupił grzałkę.
kupić
to buy (perfective)
więc
so, therefore
temperatura
temperature
zależeć na
to care about
odpowiedni
appropriate
akwarysta
aquarist
grzałka
heater
Questions & Answers about Akwaryście zależy na odpowiedniej temperaturze, więc kupił grzałkę.
Why is the masculine noun akwarysta written as akwaryście here?
This is the dative case. The verb zależeć (to care about, to matter) requires the person who cares to be in the dative case. Even though akwarysta is a masculine noun, it ends in '-a', so it declines like a feminine noun in the singular. The consonant cluster 'st' mutates to 'ść' before the '-e' ending, just like in artysta to artyście.
Why does the verb zależy stay in the third-person singular if the aquarist is the one doing the caring?
In Polish, the construction is literally 'It matters TO the aquarist'. The aquarist is the experiencer of the feeling, so they take the dative case (akwaryście). The grammatical subject is an implied 'it', which is why the verb zależy is in the third-person singular rather than agreeing with the aquarist.
What case is used in the phrase na odpowiedniej temperaturze?
It uses the locative case. The fixed phrase zależeć na (to care about something / for something to be important) always requires the locative case for the object of interest. Here, the nominative odpowiednia temperatura changes to the locative odpowiedniej temperaturze.
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