Breakdown of Czy oglądacie film w kinie?
czy
[question particle]
oglądać
to watch
film
film
w
in / on (a day)
Questions & Answers about Czy oglądacie film w kinie?
Why is it w kinie instead of just w kino?
The preposition w (in/at) requires the Locative case when talking about a location. The dictionary word for cinema is kino (a neuter noun ending in -o). To make it Locative, the -o changes to -e. To make the pronunciation flow better, the 'n' is softened by adding an i, giving us kinie.
The word film is the object being watched. Why didn't its ending change?
Film actually is in the Accusative case here! However, for non-living masculine nouns (like objects or things), the Accusative form is exactly the same as the basic dictionary form. The ending would only change if it were a living masculine noun, like an animal or person.
How do we know if this is asking one person or a group of people?
The ending of the verb oglądacie (-cie) tells us it is directed at plural 'you' (you all). If you wanted to ask just one person, you would use the singular form: Czy oglądasz film w kinie?
There is no word for 'are' in the Polish sentence. How does this question work?
Polish doesn't use helper verbs like 'are' or 'do' to make questions. Instead, yes/no questions simply start with the question word czy. The single verb oglądacie handles both 'you watch' and 'you are watching'.