Aplikacja do tego telewizora nie jest bezbłędna.
The application for this television is not flawless.
Breakdown of Aplikacja do tego telewizora nie jest bezbłędna.
być
to be
nie
no / not
ten
this (m)
telewizor
TV set
aplikacja
the app
do
for (purpose)
bezbłędny
flawless
Questions & Answers about Aplikacja do tego telewizora nie jest bezbłędna.
How exactly is the adjective bezbłędna built from the word for "mistake"?
It comes from the noun błąd (mistake). By adding the prefix bez- (without) and the adjective suffix -ny, we get "flawless" or "error-free". Notice the vowel shift: just like the genitive of błąd is błędu, the nasal vowel ą changes to ę in the adjective, giving us the root -błęd-. Since aplikacja is feminine, it takes the feminine ending -a to make bezbłędna.
Could I say aplikacja tego telewizora instead of using do?
Not really. While English says "this television's application", implying possession, Polish prefers to express purpose or compatibility here. You use do + genitive (do tego telewizora) to mean "the app for this TV". Saying aplikacja tego telewizora sounds like the TV itself literally owns or created the app.
Telewizor is an inanimate object. Why does its genitive form end in -a (telewizora) instead of -u?
You are right that masculine inanimate nouns usually take -u in the genitive. However, Polish treats many electronics, tools, and brand names as "masculine animate" for grammatical purposes. Words like telewizor, smartfon, and komputer take the -a ending in the genitive.
Why is bezbłędna in the nominative case instead of the instrumental, since it follows the verb jest?
When the verb być (to be) connects a subject directly to an adjective, that adjective stays in the nominative case to match the subject. You only use the instrumental case after być if there is a noun in the description (for example, jest bezbłędną aplikacją - it is a flawless app).
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