Breakdown of Pasażerowie przyjeżdżają na stację, a my chcemy ich przywitać.
chcieć
to want
my
we
a
and / whereas (contrast)
na
on, at / to (motion toward) / for (a meal) / for (waiting for)
ich
them (virile)
stacja
station
przyjeżdżać
to arrive (by vehicle, imperfective)
pasażer
passenger
przywitać
to welcome
Questions & Answers about Pasażerowie przyjeżdżają na stację, a my chcemy ich przywitać.
The lesson is about perfective verbs for arrival, so why does this sentence use the verb przyjeżdżają?
The prefix przy- always indicates arrival. While this lesson introduces perfective verbs for completed arrivals (like przyjechać), this sentence describes an action happening right now. Therefore, it uses the imperfective equivalent przyjeżdżać (to be arriving by vehicle).
Why is it na stację instead of na stacji?
Because the passengers are moving towards a destination. When expressing motion to a place with na, the noun takes the accusative case (stację). If they were already standing and waiting at the station, you would use the locative case (na stacji).
Why does the plural of pasażer get the -owie ending?
The -owie ending is used for masculine personal nouns (groups of people that include at least one man). It is commonly attached to professions, family members, or roles, like pasażerowie (passengers), synowie (sons), or uczniowie (students).
Why does the sentence use a for 'and' instead of i?
The word a often translates to 'and' or 'while', but it is used to show a slight contrast or a shift in focus. Here, the focus switches from the passengers (what they are doing) to us (what we want to do). You use i simply to add similar things together without any contrast.
Why is 'them' translated as ich here?
The word ich is the accusative (direct object) form of the pronoun oni (they). We use it here because the passengers are the direct object of the verb przywitać (to welcome) — they are the ones receiving the action of being welcomed.
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