Question 1

Why does the sentence use swoją instead of jego for "his"?

Accepted Answer

In Polish, when the object belongs to the subject of the sentence (the workaholic loves his own work), you must use the reflexive possessive pronoun swój (here in the feminine accusative form swoją). If you used jego, it would imply that he loves some other man's work.

Question 2

This lesson is about podczas gdy (whereas). How could we attach a contrasting clause, like "whereas a lazy person avoids it", to this sentence?

Accepted Answer

You would add a comma, the conjunction, and the contrasting clause: Pracoholik zawsze kocha swoją pracę, podczas gdy leń jej unika. Remember that podczas gdy always needs a comma before it, and it introduces a new clause with its own subject and verb.

Question 3

Could we place zawsze at the very end of the sentence?

Accepted Answer

You could say Pracoholik kocha swoją pracę zawsze, but it places a very heavy, almost poetic emphasis on the word "always". In standard everyday Polish, adverbs of frequency like zawsze naturally sit right before the verb they modify.

Question 4

What is the plural form of pracoholik and what gender category does it fall into?

Accepted Answer

It is a masculine personal noun, as it refers to a human. In the nominative plural, the -k ending changes to -cy, making it pracoholicy (workaholics).

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