Breakdown of Ten student zawsze unika trudnych pytań.
ten
this (m)
zawsze
always
student
student (m)
pytanie
question / asking
unikać
to avoid
trudny
difficult
Questions & Answers about Ten student zawsze unika trudnych pytań.
Why do we use the Genitive case for trudnych pytań instead of the Accusative?
Because of the verb unika (from unikać, meaning to avoid). In Polish, certain verbs like avoiding, looking for, listening to, or lacking something always force the following noun phrase into the Genitive case, even if it feels like a direct object.
How is the adjective trudnych formed in the Genitive plural?
The dictionary form is trudny (difficult). In the Genitive plural, adjectives for all genders take the ending -ych (or -ich after soft consonants like k and g). Since the stem of this word ends in the hard consonant d, we drop the y and add -ych to get trudnych.
What happens to the noun pytanie to make it pytań?
The noun pytanie (question) is neuter. In the Genitive plural, most neuter nouns ending in -nie simply drop their final vowels and leave the soft consonant -ń at the end. Therefore, pytanie becomes pytań.
Is ten student in the Nominative case here?
Yes. Ten student is the subject of the sentence (the one doing the avoiding), so it stays in the basic Nominative case. If the student were the one being avoided, the phrase would have to change its case.
Learn Ten student zawsze unika trudnych pytań and more in Polish
All course content and exercises are completely free — no paywalls, no trial periods, no signup needed.
- ✓ Practice with interactive exercises
- ✓ Track your progress with spaced repetition
- ✓Learn at your own pace — completely free