Breakdown of Po nieprzespanej nocy funkcjonuję gorzej cały kolejny dzień.
cały
whole, entire
po
after; for (to fetch)
dzień
day
noc
night
gorzej
worse (adverb)
kolejny
next (in a sequence) / another / consecutive
nieprzespany
sleepless
funkcjonować
to function
Questions & Answers about Po nieprzespanej nocy funkcjonuję gorzej cały kolejny dzień.
Why is cały kolejny dzień in the accusative case here without a preposition?
This is the "bare accusative of duration." In Polish, when you state exactly how long an action lasts (in this case, "the whole next day"), you put the time phrase directly into the accusative case without any preposition. It acts just like "for the whole next day" in English.
How is the word nieprzespanej formed?
It is built from the perfective verb przespać (to sleep through). It is turned into the passive participle przespany (slept through) and then given the negative prefix nie- to mean "sleepless" (literally: "not-slept-through"). It takes the Locative case here (nieprzespanej nocy) because it is triggered by the preposition po.
Why use the adverb gorzej instead of an adjective like gorszy?
English speakers often use adjectives to describe their state (e.g., "I function worse" or "I feel bad"). In Polish, however, you are describing the action of the verb funkcjonuję (how do you function?), so you must use an adverb. Gorzej is the comparative adverb form of źle (badly).
Could I say cały następny dzień instead of cały kolejny dzień?
Yes, następny and kolejny both translate to "next" and are virtually interchangeable here. Kolejny carries a slight nuance of sequence or succession (the day that logically follows the bad night), making it a very natural choice for "the following day," but następny is completely correct as well.
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