Word
Nie pozwalamy samotnym ludziom tu siedzieć.
Meaning
We do not allow lonely people to sit here.
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Questions & Answers about Nie pozwalamy samotnym ludziom tu siedzieć.
Why is samotnym ludziom in the Dative case here?
The verb pozwalamy (from pozwalać, meaning to allow) requires the Dative case for the person receiving permission. You can think of it as "we do not give permission to lonely people."
How is the Dative plural of ludzie formed?
Nouns in the Dative plural almost always take the ending -om, regardless of their gender. So, ludzie (people) becomes ludziom. Even though ludzie is a highly irregular plural of człowiek (person/human), its Dative plural ending is completely regular!
What ending does the adjective samotnym use?
In the Dative plural, adjectives take the ending -ym or -im for all genders. The base adjective is samotny (lonely), so it simply drops the -y and adds -ym to become samotnym.
Why do we use the infinitive siedzieć at the end of the sentence?
Just like in English ("allow someone to sit"), Polish pairs the conjugated verb pozwalać with an infinitive for the action being permitted. So we have the conjugated verb pozwalamy combined with the infinitive siedzieć.