Breakdown of Moje powieki są ciężkie i nieustannie ziewam cały dzień.
być
to be
i
and
mój
my
ciężki
heavy
cały
whole, entire
dzień
day
ziewać
to yawn
powieka
eyelid
nieustannie
constantly
Questions & Answers about Moje powieki są ciężkie i nieustannie ziewam cały dzień.
Why doesn't cały dzień have a preposition like przez in front of it?
In Polish, you can express the continuous duration of an action (like "all day" or "for an hour") by simply putting the time phrase in the accusative case, without any preposition. This is known as the bare accusative of duration. While przez cały dzień is also grammatically correct, dropping the preposition is very common and natural. Note that because dzień is a masculine inanimate noun, its accusative form is identical to the nominative.
If I want to say "I yawned all day yesterday", do I still use this bare accusative structure?
Yes! The bare accusative of duration works exactly the same in the past tense. You just need to make sure you use an imperfective verb to show the action was ongoing. For example: Wczoraj nieustannie ziewałem cały dzień (Yesterday I was constantly yawning all day).
How is the adverb nieustannie (constantly) constructed?
It comes from the adjective nieustanny (incessant or constant). If you break it down further, it is formed from the negative prefix nie- and the imperfective verb ustawać (to cease, to stop). So it quite literally translates to "unceasingly".
Is powieki (eyelids) one of those Polish words that only exists in the plural?
No, it has a standard singular form! The singular is powieka (a feminine noun). In this sentence, it is in the nominative plural (powieki) because both eyelids are heavy.
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