Questions & Answers about On szkoli dobrych żołnierzy.
Why do dobrych żołnierzy look like they are in the Genitive case instead of the Accusative?
Because of a special rule for masculine personal (virile) nouns in the plural! For groups that include at least one man, the Accusative plural form is exactly the same as the Genitive plural. The verb szkolić (to train) requires the Accusative case for its direct object, but because soldiers are male people, you borrow the Genitive forms dobrych and żołnierzy.
How did the adjective dobry become dobrych?
In the Genitive and Accusative plural, adjectives describing masculine personal nouns take the ending -ych or -ich. Since the base word dobry has a hard consonant sound before its final letter, it takes the -ych ending.
Why does the plural noun żołnierzy end in -y instead of the common -ów?
While many masculine nouns take -ów in the Genitive/Accusative plural, nouns ending in a 'historically soft' consonant (like rz, cz, or sz) usually take -y or -i. Because the base word żołnierz ends in rz, it requires the -y ending.
What is the infinitive form of the verb szkoli?
The dictionary form is szkolić (to train). It is a regular verb in the -i conjugation group, which is why the third-person singular (he/she/it) form simply drops the -ć to become szkoli.
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