Breakdown of Już niedługo będzie można pokazać ten antyk kolekcjonerom.
być
to be
ten
this (m)
niedługo
soon
już
already / anymore (with negation)
można
one can, it is possible / allowed (+ infinitive)
pokazać
to show
antyk
antique
kolekcjoner
collector
Questions & Answers about Już niedługo będzie można pokazać ten antyk kolekcjonerom.
How do we form the future tense of the impersonal word można in this sentence?
To talk about what "will be possible," we simply put będzie (the third-person singular future of "to be") before the invariable word można. Unlike regular verbs, można doesn't conjugate for person or number, so będzie można works as a fixed block meaning "it will be possible."
Since this sentence refers to the future, why isn't the main verb imperfective (pokazywać instead of pokazać)?
The future time reference is handled entirely by the auxiliary będzie. The infinitive that follows będzie można can be either imperfective or perfective, depending entirely on the intended meaning. Here, we use the perfective pokazać because the focus is on a single, completed action of showing the antique, rather than a continuous or repeated process.
Why is the direct object ten antyk in the accusative case here instead of the genitive?
You might be remembering the rule where direct objects take the genitive in negative sentences, or after certain specific verbs. However, this is a positive statement, and pokazać takes the accusative case for its direct object. Because antyk is an inanimate masculine noun, its accusative form is identical to its nominative form: ten antyk.
What case is kolekcjonerom and what role does it play here?
It is in the dative case. The verb pokazać (to show) typically takes two objects: what is being shown (the direct object in the accusative) and to whom it is shown (the indirect object in the dative). The ending -om is the highly regular dative plural ending for almost all nouns.
Does już niedługo mean something different from just niedługo?
Both mean "soon," but adding już (literally "already") adds emphasis. It translates well to "very soon" or "any time now," creating a sense of eager anticipation that fits the context of showing off a rare item.
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