Breakdown of Ten warszawianin, który mieszka w centrum, jest bardzo dumny.
być
to be
ten
this (m)
bardzo
very
mieszkać
to live
w
in / on (a day)
centrum
the center
który
which, who (relative)
dumny
proud
warszawianin
male inhabitant of Warsaw
Questions & Answers about Ten warszawianin, który mieszka w centrum, jest bardzo dumny.
Why is warszawianin written with a lowercase letter when nationalities are capitalized in Polish?
In Polish, inhabitants of countries and regions are capitalized (like Polak or Europejczyk), but inhabitants of cities, towns, and villages are always written with a lowercase letter. So, a man from Warsaw is a warszawianin.
How exactly is the word warszawianin built from Warszawa?
It uses the suffix -anin, which is very common for deriving male inhabitants of cities, especially when the city name ends in -awa or -ów. The suffix attaches to the stem warszaw- and adds an i to soften the pronunciation, giving us warszawianin. The feminine equivalent is warszawianka.
If I wanted to talk about multiple men from Warsaw, what happens to the -anin ending?
Nouns ending in -anin have a special plural form. They drop the final -in and usually add -e or -owie. For Warsaw inhabitants, the masculine personal plural is warszawianie.
Why doesn't the word centrum change its ending for the locative case after the preposition w?
The preposition w does require the locative case here, but centrum is a neuter noun of Latin origin. In Polish, nouns ending in -um are completely indeclinable in the singular. It remains centrum no matter what case is required!
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