Questions & Answers about Szłaś ze mną do banku.
How does szłaś mean "you were walking" when the dictionary form is iść?
The verb iść (to walk/go on foot) is highly irregular in the past tense. Instead of looking like the infinitive, it uses the stem szł- for feminine subjects. When you add the feminine "you" ending -aś, you get szłaś (you were walking). If you were speaking to a man, you would use the masculine form szedłeś.
Why is the word for "with" ze here instead of just z?
The word for "with" is usually just z. However, before certain words that start with tricky consonant clusters, Polish adds an e to make it easier to pronounce. Ze mną (with me) is a fixed phrase you will use very often!
What case is mną and why is it used here?
When the preposition z or ze means "with" (as in doing something together), it forces the following pronoun into the Instrumental case. Mną is the Instrumental form of the pronoun ja (I).
Why does bank change to banku in this sentence?
The preposition do (to) always requires the Genitive case. For many inanimate masculine nouns like bank, the Genitive case ending is -u, which gives us do banku.
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