Breakdown of Zawsze pływamy w morzu w czerwcu i w sierpniu.
i
and
zawsze
always
pływać
to swim
w
in / on (a day)
Questions & Answers about Zawsze pływamy w morzu w czerwcu i w sierpniu.
Why do czerwiec (June) and sierpień (August) change to czerwcu and sierpniu?
To say "in a certain month", Polish uses the preposition w (in) followed by the Locative case. For masculine months, this usually means adding an -u to the end. Also, notice a common spelling change: the last -e- in czerwiec and sierpień drops out when adding the ending, making them w czerwcu and w sierpniu.
Why is the word w repeated so many times in this sentence?
In Polish, it is standard and sounds much more natural to repeat a preposition like w (in) before every single noun it applies to. So, instead of saying "in June and August" like we might in English, you say "in June and in August" (w czerwcu i w sierpniu).
I see w morzu uses the same -u ending as the months. Is that a coincidence?
It is not a coincidence! The phrase w morzu (in the sea) also describes a location, so it uses the Locative case just like the months do. The dictionary form is morze (sea), and neuter nouns ending in -e change to -u in the Locative case.
Why isn't the word for "we" (my) in this sentence?