Breakdown of W piątek idziemy na mecz, a w sobotę na koncert.
iść
to go
a
and / whereas (contrast)
w
in / on (a day)
na
on, at / to (motion toward) / for (a meal) / for (waiting for)
piątek
Friday
sobota
Saturday
koncert
concert
mecz
match
Questions & Answers about W piątek idziemy na mecz, a w sobotę na koncert.
Why use na here instead of do to say 'to'?
We use na (followed by the Accusative case) when talking about going to events, activities, or open spaces, like a match (mecz) or a concert (koncert). We use do (with the Genitive case) when going inside a physical building, like a shop or a school.
If na takes the Accusative case for destinations, why haven't the words mecz and koncert changed their endings?
Both mecz and koncert are inanimate masculine nouns. In the Accusative case, inanimate masculine nouns keep their basic dictionary form, so they don't get a new ending.
Why does sobota change to sobotę but piątek doesn't change?
To say 'on a certain day', Polish uses w + Accusative. Sobota is a feminine noun, so its -a ending changes to -ę. Piątek is an inanimate masculine noun, so just like mecz and koncert, its Accusative form looks exactly like its basic dictionary form.
Why is the word a used for 'and' here instead of i?
The word a is used to contrast or compare two different parts of a sentence. Because we are contrasting what we do on Friday with what we do on Saturday, a is the natural choice. You use i just to link things together, like simple items in a list.
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