Breakdown of Wygłosił przemówienie w imieniu naszego stowarzyszenia.
nasz
our
przemówienie
speech
wygłosić
to deliver (a speech)
w imieniu
on behalf of
stowarzyszenie
association
Questions & Answers about Wygłosił przemówienie w imieniu naszego stowarzyszenia.
Why do we use naszego stowarzyszenia instead of the nominative nasze stowarzyszenie here?
The compound preposition w imieniu (on behalf of / in the name of) always requires the following noun phrase to be in the Genitive case. Therefore, the neuter noun stowarzyszenie and its modifier nasze both take their Genitive singular forms: naszego stowarzyszenia.
Could I use the verb zrobił to say he 'made' a speech?
What is the literal meaning of w imieniu, and why is the word imieniu in that form?
It literally translates to 'in the name of.' It is formed by the preposition w (in) plus imieniu, which is the Locative case of the neuter noun imię (name). Together, they act as a fixed compound preposition meaning 'on behalf of'.
How would the phrase change if he delivered the speech on his own behalf?
You would use the reflexive possessive pronoun swój and say w swoim imieniu (literally: in his own name). If you wanted to add emphasis, you could also say we własnym imieniu (on his own behalf). You wouldn't use jego here because the person acting and the person whose name is being used are the same.
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