Breakdown of Ten chłopak bardzo lubi się z nią bawić.
ona
she / it (f)
ten
this (m)
bardzo
very
lubić
to like
z
with
bawić się
to play / to have fun (e.g. as children do)
chłopak
the boy / the boyfriend
Questions & Answers about Ten chłopak bardzo lubi się z nią bawić.
Why is "with her" translated as z nią instead of using ona?
The preposition z (meaning "with") requires the next word to be in the Instrumental case. The base word for "she" is ona, but in the Instrumental case, it changes to nią. So, "with her" is always z nią.
Why is się separated from bawić?
The word się belongs to the verb bawić (forming bawić się, meaning "to play"). However, in Polish, się is quite flexible and likes to sit in the middle of a sentence. It generally avoids being the very last word. Saying Ten chłopak bardzo lubi się z nią bawić sounds much more natural than putting się at the very end.
Could I use the verb grać here instead of bawić się?
It depends on what they are playing! Grać is used for playing specific structured games, sports, or instruments (like board games or football). Bawić się means playing in a more general, unstructured way, which is exactly how children normally play together.
Bardzo usually translates to "very". Why does the English translation say "really"?
In Polish, you express that you "really like" or "like something very much" by using bardzo directly with the verb. So, bardzo lubi literally translates to "very likes," which is the perfectly normal way to say "really likes" in Polish.
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