Breakdown of Ta kobieta siedzi na wygodnym krześle.
krzesło
chair
ta
this (f)
kobieta
woman
siedzieć
to sit
na
on, at / to (motion toward) / for (a meal) / for (waiting for)
wygodny
comfortable
Questions & Answers about Ta kobieta siedzi na wygodnym krześle.
Why does the adjective take the ending -ym in wygodnym?
The preposition na (on) indicates a location, which triggers the Locative case. The noun it describes, krzesło (chair), is neuter. In the Locative case, adjectives describing neuter and masculine nouns end in -ym (or -im). Since the base adjective wygodny (comfortable) has a hard consonant before the ending, it takes -ym, becoming wygodnym.
How does the dictionary word krzesło change into krześle?
To form the Locative case for most neuter nouns, the final -o is replaced with an -e. This -e causes the consonants right before it to "soften". In this word, the hard ł changes to a soft l, and the s softens into a ś, transforming krzesło into krześle.
I usually see to used for "this". Why is it Ta kobieta here?
You use the unchanging word to when introducing something, like in the phrase To jest kobieta (This is a woman). However, when "this" acts as an adjective pointing directly to a specific noun (This woman...), it must match the noun's gender. Since kobieta is feminine, you must use the feminine form Ta.
What is the dictionary form of the verb siedzi?
The dictionary form (the infinitive) is siedzieć (to sit). Siedzi is the "he/she/it" form, which is used here because the subject doing the action is Ta kobieta (she).
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