Breakdown of Historia bardzo mnie interesuje.
bardzo
very
historia
history
interesować
to interest (to mnie interesuje) (imperfective)
Questions & Answers about Historia bardzo mnie interesuje.
Why is the word order Historia bardzo mnie interesuje instead of following the English word order?
Polish word order is quite flexible. While you could say Historia interesuje mnie bardzo, it is very natural in Polish to put pronouns like mnie before the verb, and adverbs like bardzo right before the phrase they describe.
I learned that bardzo means "very". Why is it translated as "a lot" here?
You are right that bardzo means "very" when used with an adjective, like in bardzo dobry (very good). However, when it modifies a verb to show how strongly an action happens, it means "very much" or "a lot".
Why do we use mnie here instead of mi for "me"?
The verb interesować (to interest) needs a direct object, which requires the accusative case. The accusative form for "I" is mnie. You would use mi, which is the dative case, when something is happening "to" or "for" you.
Why does the verb interesuje end in "-uje"?
The dictionary form of this verb is interesować (to interest). In Polish, verbs ending in -ować change that ending to -uj- in the present tense. Because historia is a third-person subject (like "she" or "it"), we add the ending -e, making it interesuje.
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