Breakdown of Kiedy pan jedzie na urlop? My jedziemy na plażę.
pan
sir / Mr.
my
we
na
on, at / to (motion toward) / for (a meal) / for (waiting for)
jechać
to travel
Questions & Answers about Kiedy pan jedzie na urlop? My jedziemy na plażę.
Why do we say na plażę instead of na plaża?
Because we are expressing a destination (going to the beach), the preposition na requires the Accusative case. For feminine nouns ending in -a like plaża, the ending changes to -ę in the Accusative.
Why doesn't the word urlop change its ending for the Accusative case in na urlop?
urlop (vacation) is a masculine inanimate noun. For these types of nouns, the Accusative form is exactly the same as the basic dictionary form (the Nominative case), so it doesn't get a new ending.
Why is the verb jedzie used with pan? Doesn't jedzie usually mean 'he goes' or 'she goes'?
That's right, but when addressing someone formally using pan (sir) or pani (ma'am), Polish always uses the third-person singular verb form. It's like saying 'When is the gentleman going?'
Why do we use jedzie and jedziemy here instead of idzie and idziemy?
Polish has different verbs for going on foot versus going by vehicle. We use forms of jechać (like jedzie and jedziemy) when we travel using transport, which is usually how you get to a vacation or a beach. Forms of iść (like idzie) are only used for walking.