Breakdown of Czy obejrzeliście ten nowy film?
czy
[question particle]
ten
this (m)
nowy
new
film
film
obejrzeć
to watch (perfective)
Questions & Answers about Czy obejrzeliście ten nowy film?
Why use obejrzeliście instead of the regular verb for watching, oglądaliście?
obejrzeliście is the perfective version of the verb. You use it here because you are asking about a completed action—whether they watched the movie from start to finish. If you used the imperfective oglądaliście, it would mean 'were you watching' or ask about the general habit of watching it.
Who exactly is being asked in obejrzeliście?
The ending -liście tells us this is addressed to 'you' plural (a group of people), and specifically a group that includes at least one male. If you were asking a group of only women, the ending changes to -łyście, making it obejrzałyście.
Where is the word for 'you' in this sentence?
It is completely hidden inside the verb! In Polish, you do not need to say the pronoun wy (you plural) because the ending -liście in obejrzeliście already makes it perfectly obvious who is doing the watching.
Since ten nowy film is the direct object being watched, shouldn't its endings change?
It is in the accusative case (the direct object case), but it looks exactly like its basic dictionary form. That is because film is a masculine inanimate noun (a non-living masculine thing). For these words, the accusative form does not change from the basic nominative form.
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