Word
Poznanianin i poznanianka czują dumę ze swojego miasta.
Meaning
The Posnanian man and the Posnanian woman feel pride in their city.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Poznanianin i poznanianka czują dumę ze swojego miasta.
i
and
miasto
city
swój
one's own
z
from (+ Genitive)
Questions & Answers about Poznanianin i poznanianka czują dumę ze swojego miasta.
How do we derive poznanianin and poznanianka from the city name Poznań?
To form the male inhabitant, we add the suffix -anin, and for the female, we add -anka. Notice the spelling change: the soft ń in Poznań becomes a regular n before the suffixes, giving us poznanianin and poznanianka.
Why is poznanianka not capitalized? In English, words like Londoner or New Yorker always are.
In Polish, inhabitants of cities, towns, and regions are always written in lowercase. Poznanianin is only capitalized here because it starts the sentence. However, remember that inhabitants of countries are capitalized (for example, Polak).
Why does the sentence use ze swojego instead of just z swojego?
The preposition z changes to ze when the next word starts with a difficult consonant cluster, specifically one beginning with an s, z, sz, ż, ś, or ź sound. Since swojego starts with sw-, ze is used to make it easier to pronounce.
The English translation says their city. Why use swojego instead of ich?