Breakdown of Mój brat rzadko chodzi do fryzjera.
brat
brother
mój
my
chodzić
to walk
do
to
rzadko
rarely
fryzjer
hairdresser
Questions & Answers about Mój brat rzadko chodzi do fryzjera.
Why does the word for hairdresser end in -a here (fryzjera)?
The preposition do (meaning to) always forces the noun that follows it to take the Genitive case. The basic dictionary word is fryzjer. Because it is a masculine noun referring to a person, its Genitive form adds the ending -a, making it do fryzjera.
Polish has a few words for 'goes'. Why use 'chodzi' in this sentence instead of 'idzie'?
This is the difference between an action happening right now and a repeated habit. You use idzie when someone is walking somewhere at this exact moment. You use chodzi for regular, repeated, or general trips. Since the brother goes rzadko (rarely), it is a habitual action, so chodzi is the correct choice.
Does the preposition 'do' work for visiting people, not just places?
Yes! In English you might say you are going to the hairdresser's salon, but in Polish, it is perfectly normal to say you are going straight to the professional. You use do plus the Genitive case for people too, like do fryzjera (to the hairdresser) or do lekarza (to the doctor).
Why do we use 'mój' instead of 'moja' for the word 'my'?
Mój means my. Because brat (brother) is a masculine noun, the word for my has to match its gender by using the masculine form mój. If the sentence was about a sister, it would use the feminine form, becoming moja siostra.
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