Word
Mój brat interesuje się sportem i filmem.
Meaning
My brother is interested in sport and film.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Mój brat interesuje się sportem i filmem.
Why is there a się after interesuje?
The verb interesować się literally translates to 'to interest oneself'. The word się acts as 'oneself'. So, interesuje się means 'he interests himself', which is how Polish expresses being interested in something.
Where is the word for 'in' (like in 'interested in')?
There is no separate word for 'in' here. In Polish, the verb interesować się connects directly to the noun. The grammatical case applied to the nouns does the job of linking them without needing an extra preposition.
Why do sport and film end in -em here (sportem i filmem)?
The verb interesować się requires the following nouns to take the Instrumental case. For masculine nouns ending in a consonant, like sport and film, you form the Instrumental case by adding the ending -em.
How does the dictionary form interesować become interesuje?
For verbs ending in -ować in their dictionary form, the -owa- part changes to -uj- when conjugated. The final -e tells us it is a 'he', 'she', or 'it' doing the action. If you wanted to say 'I am interested', you would say interesuję się.