Breakdown of Dziecko zjadło smaczną pizzę.
dziecko
child
smaczny
tasty
pizza
pizza
zjeść
to eat (perfective)
Questions & Answers about Dziecko zjadło smaczną pizzę.
Why use zjadło here instead of jadło?
Zjadło is a perfective verb, which means it describes a completed action. The child completely finished eating the pizza. If we used the imperfective verb jadło, it would mean the child was in the process of eating the pizza, and we wouldn't know if they actually finished it.
What is the dictionary form of zjadło?
The dictionary form is zjeść (to eat completely). It is the perfective partner to the basic verb jeść (to eat). Because it is an irregular verb, past tense forms like zjadło look a bit different from the infinitive.
Why does the verb end in -ło in this sentence?
In the Polish past tense, the verb ending must match the gender of the noun doing the action. The word dziecko (child) is a neuter noun because it ends in -o. Therefore, the verb takes the neuter past tense ending -ło.
Why is it smaczną pizzę instead of the dictionary forms smaczna pizza?
The pizza is the direct object of the sentence (the thing being eaten), so it must take the accusative case. For feminine words, the noun ending changes from -a to -ę (pizza becomes pizzę), and the adjective ending changes from -a to -ą (smaczna becomes smaczną).
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