Breakdown of Ty i twój mąż dużo podróżowaliście w wakacje.
i
and
ty
you (singular)
twój
your
w
in / on (a day)
Questions & Answers about Ty i twój mąż dużo podróżowaliście w wakacje.
Why does the verb end in -liście instead of -łyście?
The subject of the sentence is Ty i twój mąż (You and your husband). Because the group includes at least one man (the husband), Polish uses the virile (masculine personal) form. The ending -liście is the virile form for a plural you. If the sentence was about you and your sister, it would use the non-virile form podróżowałyście.
Ty means you (singular), so why is the verb in a plural form?
Even though ty is singular, the whole subject is You AND your husband. Together, you make a plural group. Therefore, the verb must be in the second-person plural form, just as it would be if you used the pronoun wy (you all).
Why doesn't the verb have an -uj- in it, like in podróżuję (I travel)?
Verbs that end in -ować (like podróżować) change to -uj- in the present tense. However, in the past tense, they keep the -owa- stem! You simply take that base podróżowa- and add the past tense endings, such as -liście.
What case is used in the phrase w wakacje?
It uses the accusative case. When talking about doing something during a certain time period, Polish often uses the preposition w (in/during) plus the accusative case. Wakacje is a plural-only word, and its accusative form happens to look exactly the same as its basic dictionary form.