Breakdown of Jedziemy do miasta, bo chcemy zobaczyć piękne rośliny.
chcieć
to want
miasto
city
piękny
beautiful
jechać
to travel
bo
because
do
to
zobaczyć
to see (perfective)
roślina
plant
Questions & Answers about Jedziemy do miasta, bo chcemy zobaczyć piękne rośliny.
Why does the sentence use piękne rośliny? Is that the accusative case?
Yes! The verb zobaczyć (to see) needs its object in the accusative case. For non-virile nouns (everything except groups involving men) like rośliny (plants), the accusative plural is exactly the same as the nominative plural. The adjective piękne takes the standard non-virile plural ending -e.
Why use jedziemy instead of idziemy for 'we are going'?
In Polish, you must choose your verb of motion based on how you travel. Idziemy means going on foot, while jedziemy means going by a vehicle (driving, taking a bus, a train, etc.). Going to the city usually requires transport, so jedziemy is the natural choice here.
Why is the word for city miasta here instead of miasto?
The preposition do (to or into) always forces the noun that follows it to take the genitive case. The basic neuter word miasto drops its -o and takes the genitive ending -a, becoming miasta.
Why is zobaczyć in its basic dictionary form instead of having a 'we' ending?
Just like in English (we want to see), when you have two verbs together where the first expresses a desire or ability, only the first verb changes its ending. We conjugate chcemy (we want) to match 'we', and leave zobaczyć (to see) in its basic dictionary form, which is called the infinitive.
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