Word
Nie będziemy go odwiedzały w szpitalu.
Meaning
We will not be visiting him in the hospital.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Nie będziemy go odwiedzały w szpitalu.
być
to be
nie
no / not
w
in / on (a day)
szpital
hospital
Questions & Answers about Nie będziemy go odwiedzały w szpitalu.
Why does the verb odwiedzały look like a past tense word if this sentence is in the future?
In Polish, one way to form the future tense for imperfective (ongoing or repeated) actions is to combine the future form of the verb to be (będziemy) with the past tense l-participle form of the main verb (odwiedzały).
Why is the ending -ły used in odwiedzały instead of -li (odwiedzali)?
The ending -ły is the non-virile plural form. This tells us that the group of people saying "we" does not include any men; it is a group of women. If there were at least one man in the group, they would say nie będziemy odwiedzali.
Could I also say Nie będziemy go odwiedzać using the infinitive?
Yes, absolutely! The future imperfective tense can be made using either the l-participle (odwiedzały) or the infinitive (odwiedzać). Both mean the exact same thing, but the l-participle version gives extra detail about the gender of the speakers.
Since there is a nie at the start of the sentence, is go in the Genitive case?
Spot on! The verb odwiedzać normally takes the Accusative case, but when you make a sentence negative, the direct object switches to the Genitive case. This is called the Genitive of Negation. Luckily, for the pronoun on (he), the short form for both Accusative and Genitive is exactly the same: go.