Breakdown of Adres nie jest wyraźny, proszę pisać wyraźnie.
być
to be
nie
no / not
prosić
to ask
pisać
to write
adres
address
wyraźny
clear
Questions & Answers about Adres nie jest wyraźny, proszę pisać wyraźnie.
How do we change the adjective wyraźny (clear) into the adverb wyraźnie (clearly)?
Why is wyraźny in the nominative case? I thought we used the instrumental case after jest.
We use the instrumental case after być (to be) when we say a noun is another noun, like On jest nauczycielem (He is a teacher). But when we just use an adjective to describe the subject, like here, the adjective stays in the nominative case to match the subject (adres).
Why use proszę pisać instead of a direct command?
Using proszę (I ask / please) followed directly by an infinitive verb like pisać (to write) is the standard, polite way to tell someone to do something in Polish. It is much more common in everyday polite speech than using the strict imperative form of the verb.
Why is the imperfective verb pisać used here instead of the perfective napisać?
The imperfective verb pisać is used because it focuses on the ongoing process or habit of writing. The speaker is asking the person to change how they write in general, rather than asking them to complete one specific, finished piece of writing.
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