Breakdown of Ta choroba zabija ludzi.
ten
this (m)
ludzie
people
choroba
illness
zabijać
to kill (imperfective; perfective zabić)
Questions & Answers about Ta choroba zabija ludzi.
Why is the word for people ludzi here instead of ludzie?
The verb zabija (kills) takes a direct object, which means the following noun must be in the accusative case. For masculine personal nouns like ludzie (people), the accusative form looks exactly like the genitive form, which is ludzi.
What is the dictionary form of zabija?
The dictionary form (infinitive) is zabijać. It is an imperfective verb, used here to describe a general, ongoing fact rather than a single completed action. The completed (perfective) equivalent is zabić.
What is the singular form of ludzi?
The singular form is completely different! The basic word for a person or human is człowiek. In the plural, it changes entirely to ludzie (people), which becomes ludzi here because it is the direct object of the sentence.
Why do we use ta before choroba?
The word ta is the feminine form of the word for this. Since choroba (disease) ends in -a, it is a feminine noun in the nominative case. Therefore, we must use ta instead of the masculine ten or neuter to.
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