Breakdown of Szanujmy naszą lokalną tożsamość i dumę!
i
and
nasz
our
szanować
to respect
lokalny
local
tożsamość
the identity
duma
pride
Questions & Answers about Szanujmy naszą lokalną tożsamość i dumę!
How is the command form szanujmy (let's respect) different from the present tense "we respect"?
The present tense for "we respect" is szanujemy. To make it an imperative "let's" command, you drop the -e- before the -my ending, giving you szanujmy. This is a standard pattern for verbs whose present tense stems end in -j.
The verb szanować takes the accusative case, as seen in naszą lokalną and dumę. Why doesn't tożsamość change its ending?
Tożsamość (identity) is actually in the accusative case here! It is a feminine noun that ends in a consonant. For all feminine nouns ending in a consonant, the accusative form is identical to the nominative form, so it takes no special ending.
Since we're focusing on word formation, how is the noun tożsamość formed?
It comes from the adjective tożsamy (identical, the same) combined with the suffix -ość. This suffix is the standard way to turn adjectives into abstract nouns (similar to "-ity" or "-ness" in English) and always creates a feminine noun.
If we made this sentence negative ("Let's not respect..."), how would the case of the objects change?
Because of the Genitive of Negation rule, the accusative objects would all flip to the genitive case. The phrase would become Nie szanujmy naszej lokalnej tożsamości i dumy!.
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