Word
Ona interesuje się sztuką.
Meaning
She is interested in art.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Ona interesuje się sztuką.
ona
she / it (f)
sztuka
art
interesować się
to be interested in (+ Instrumental)
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Questions & Answers about Ona interesuje się sztuką.
Why is there no word for "is" or "in" in this sentence?
In English, we say "She is interested in...", but Polish handles this differently. It uses an active verb, interesować się, which roughly translates to "to interest oneself". So, Ona interesuje się covers the whole phrase "She is interested in".
Why do we need the word się here?
się is a reflexive pronoun meaning "oneself". Without it, the verb interesuje just means "interests" (for example, "The book interests her"). Adding się flips it around so the subject is the one experiencing the feeling: "She interests herself" (She is interested).
What is the dictionary form of the verb interesuje?
The dictionary form is interesować. In Polish, verbs that end in -ować are a bit special. In the present tense, they drop the -ować and add -uj- before their ending. For "she", the ending is -e, making it interesuje.
Why is "art" written as sztuką instead of its basic form sztuka?