Questions & Answers about Ta aktorka napisała nową książkę.
Why use napisała instead of pisała?
This is the main point of this lesson! The verb napisać is the perfective (completed) version of pisać (to write). We use napisała here because the actress finished writing the book. If we used pisała, it would mean she was still in the process of writing it.
Why does the verb napisała end in -ła?
In the Polish past tense, verbs must match the gender of the person or thing doing the action. Since aktorka (actress) is a feminine noun, the verb takes the third-person feminine past tense ending -ła.
Why does the sentence say nową książkę instead of the dictionary form nowa książka?
The phrase changes because it is the direct object of the action (the thing being written). In Polish, direct objects take the Accusative case. For feminine words, the noun ending -a changes to -ę (książka becomes książkę) and the adjective ending -a changes to -ą (nowa becomes nową).
Why is the word for "this" ta?