Breakdown of Konstruktorzy nie mają wpływu na to, ile wagoników ma tor.
to
this
mieć
to have
nie
no / not
na
on, at / to (motion toward) / for (a meal) / for (waiting for)
Questions & Answers about Konstruktorzy nie mają wpływu na to, ile wagoników ma tor.
Why do we need the words na to before the second half of the sentence?
The phrase mieć wpływ (to have an influence) pairs with the preposition na, which requires the accusative case. Because we are linking this to an indirect question starting with ile, we use the pronoun to in the accusative (to) as a bridge. This creates the correlative na to, letting us smoothly attach the indirect question after the comma.
Why is wpływ written in the genitive case as wpływu?
The verb mieć normally takes the accusative case, but here it is negated (nie mają). In Polish, the direct object of a negated accusative verb always changes to the genitive case. Thus, wpływ becomes wpływu.
Why does wagoniki change to wagoników here?
The word ile (how many) acts as a quantifier and forces the noun that belongs to it into the genitive case. Since we are talking about multiple carts, it takes the genitive plural form wagoników.
Why does the sentence end with ma tor instead of the English word order tor ma?