Breakdown of Ten system jest bezproblemowy i bezawaryjny.
być
to be
i
and
ten
this (m)
system
the system
bezproblemowy
trouble-free
bezawaryjny
reliable
Questions & Answers about Ten system jest bezproblemowy i bezawaryjny.
How exactly does the prefix bez- work to create bezproblemowy?
The prefix bez- means "without". To turn the noun problem into an adjective meaning "without problems" (trouble-free), Polish adds bez- to the beginning and a common adjective suffix like -owy to the end. The combination of bez- + noun + suffix is the standard way to create privative (lacking something) adjectives.
The translation says "reliable" for bezawaryjny, but what is the literal meaning?
Literally, it means "breakdown-free" or "failure-free". It comes from the noun awaria (a breakdown, malfunction, or failure). By adding bez- and an adjective suffix, it describes something that functions without breaking down, which we naturally translate to "reliable" in English.
Why does the spelling change so much from awaria to bezawaryjny?
When forming adjectives from nouns ending in -ia (which are usually of foreign origin, like awaria, telewizja, or linia), Polish typically drops the final -a and adds the suffix -yjny or -ijny. Because the stem of awaria ends in r, which pairs with the harder vowel y, it becomes -yjny, giving us bezawaryjny.
Why are bezproblemowy and bezawaryjny in the Nominative case here? Doesn't the verb jest require the Instrumental case?
That is a very common mix-up! When the verb być (to be) links a subject to a noun, that noun takes the Instrumental case (e.g., On jest inżynierem). However, when być links the subject to a standalone adjective, the adjective simply stays in the Nominative case to match the subject. Since system is Nominative here, the adjectives describing it remain Nominative too.
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