Word
Pierwsi goście już przyszli.
Meaning
The first guests have already arrived.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Pierwsi goście już przyszli.
pierwszy
first
gość
guest
już
already / anymore (with negation)
przyjść
to come, to arrive
Questions & Answers about Pierwsi goście już przyszli.
Why does this sentence use pierwsi instead of the standard plural pierwsze?
Because goście includes at least one man, making it a masculine personal noun. Adjectives modifying these nouns must take a special masculine personal plural form. For the word pierwszy, this means the ending changes to -si, causing a consonant mutation from sz to s.
Is goście a regular plural form for the noun gość?
Yes, it is completely regular for its noun class. While masculine personal nouns often take plural endings like -owie or -i, those ending in a soft consonant like -ść typically take the -e ending in the nominative plural. Even with this ending, it remains a masculine personal noun and dictates the forms of pierwsi and przyszli.
Why is the verb form przyszli used here rather than przychodzili?
The sentence focuses on the completed result of the action: the guests have arrived and are currently here. This requires the perfective verb przyjść. The imperfective form przychodzili would mean they were in the process of arriving or used to arrive repeatedly in the past.
How do we get the form przyszli from the infinitive przyjść?