Word
Lubię z nim rozmawiać, ale on często żartuje.
Meaning
I like talking with him, but he often jokes.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Lubię z nim rozmawiać, ale on często żartuje.
on
he / it (m)
ale
but
często
often
rozmawiać
to talk
Questions & Answers about Lubię z nim rozmawiać, ale on często żartuje.
Why do we say z nim instead of just z on or z go?
The preposition z (when it means "with") makes the next word take the Instrumental case. The word nim is the Instrumental form of the pronoun on (he). So, "with him" translates to z nim.
Could I change the word order to Lubię rozmawiać z nim?
Yes, you can. However, Polish pronouns like nim tend to avoid being at the very end of a phrase. Putting z nim right before the verb (z nim rozmawiać) flows very naturally in Polish.
At the start of the sentence we drop the word "I" (ja) in Lubię, so why do we keep on (he) after ale?
Polish usually drops subject pronouns, but we keep them when we want to show a contrast or a change in subject. Here, including on highlights the shift from what "I" like to what "he" does.
The dictionary form of "to joke" is żartować. Why does it change to żartuje here?
Verbs that end in -ować have a special pattern in the present tense. The -owa- part turns into -uj- before adding the ending. That is why żartować becomes on żartuje.