Breakdown of Zrobimy ten nowy projekt w kwietniu i w czerwcu.
i
and
ten
this (m)
nowy
new
w
in / on (a day)
projekt
project
zrobić
to do / to make (someone something)
kwiecień
April
czerwiec
June
Questions & Answers about Zrobimy ten nowy projekt w kwietniu i w czerwcu.
Why do the months change to kwietniu and czerwcu, and what happened to the 'e' in kwiecień and czerwiec?
To say 'in a month', we use w plus the Locative case. For masculine months, this usually means adding -u or -iu. Both kwiecień and czerwiec have a 'disappearing e' that drops out when we add an ending. Kwiecień takes -iu because its base ends in a soft sound, becoming w kwietniu. Czerwiec takes -u, becoming w czerwcu.
Why is the verb zrobimy used here instead of robimy?
Robimy means 'we are doing' or 'we do' in the present tense. By adding the prefix z-, we get zrobimy, which is the perfective future tense. It means 'we will do' this project and implies that we will successfully complete it.
The phrase ten nowy projekt is the object being acted upon. Why didn't its endings change?
It actually is in the Accusative (direct object) case! However, for masculine inanimate nouns like projekt (things, not people or animals), the Accusative form looks exactly the same as the basic dictionary form. Therefore, ten nowy projekt stays exactly as it is without any changes.
Do I really need to repeat the word w before czerwcu?
Yes, in Polish it is standard and much more natural to repeat the preposition before each item in a list. Instead of saying 'in April and June', Polish speakers say 'in April and in June' (w kwietniu i w czerwcu).
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