Breakdown of Chciałbym umówić się na spotkanie z twoim szefem.
twój
your
na
on, at / to (motion toward) / for (a meal) / for (waiting for)
z
with
szef
boss (m)
spotkanie
meeting (n)
chciałbym
I would like (m) / chciałabym (f)
umówić się
to make an appointment
Questions & Answers about Chciałbym umówić się na spotkanie z twoim szefem.
How do we know the speaker of this sentence is male, and how would a woman say it?
Chciałbym ends in -bym, which is the masculine polite form for 'I would like'. A female speaker would say chciałabym.
Why do we need się after umówić?
The verb umówić się is a reflexive verb that means to make an appointment or to arrange to meet. You need się here because you are making an arrangement for yourself to meet someone.
Why use na before spotkanie?
When you make an appointment or arrange a specific event, Polish uses umówić się na followed by the Accusative case. Because spotkanie (meeting) is a neuter noun, its Accusative form looks exactly the same as its basic dictionary form.
Why does the sentence use z twoim szefem instead of z twój szef?
The preposition z meaning 'with' always requires the Instrumental case. The masculine noun szef (boss) takes the ending -em to become szefem, and the word for 'your' (twój) changes to twoim to match it.
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