Word
Moja siostra nie ogląda telewizji.
Meaning
My sister does not watch television.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Questions & Answers about Moja siostra nie ogląda telewizji.
If 'to watch' takes a direct object, why is it telewizji here instead of the Accusative telewizję?
The verb oglądać (to watch) usually takes the Accusative case, so 'she watches television' would be ogląda telewizję. However, in Polish, whenever a verb is negated with nie (not), its direct object must change to the Genitive case. That is why the Accusative telewizję becomes the Genitive telewizji in this negative sentence.
How is the Genitive form telewizji created?
The dictionary form is telewizja. To form the Genitive case for most feminine nouns, you drop the final -a and replace it with -y or -i. Nouns ending in -ja specifically take the -i ending, which gives us telewizji.
Why is the verb form ogląda?
The subject of the sentence is Moja siostra (My sister), which is a 'she' (third-person singular). The verb oglądać (to watch) belongs to a very common, regular conjugation group. Its 'I' form is oglądam, and to get the 'he/she/it' form, you just drop the -m, leaving ogląda.
Why is the word for 'my' written as Moja and not Mój?