Breakdown of To dziecko, które widziałem w parku.
to
this
dziecko
child
widzieć
to see
w
in / on (a day)
park
park
który
which, who (relative)
Questions & Answers about To dziecko, które widziałem w parku.
Why is które used here instead of który or która?
The relative pronoun must match the gender of the noun it describes. Since it refers back to dziecko (child), which is a neuter noun, we use the neuter form które.
Which case is które in this sentence?
It is in the accusative case because it acts as the direct object of the verb widziałem (I saw). For neuter nouns and pronouns, the accusative form looks exactly the same as the nominative form, which is why it stays które.
Does To dziecko mean 'This child' or 'This is the child'?
Here it means 'This is the child'. Polish often drops the verb jest (is) in simple identification sentences, so To jest dziecko becomes just To dziecko.
How can we tell the gender of the person speaking?
We look at the verb widziałem (I saw). The -em ending tells us the speaker is male. If a woman were speaking, she would say widziałam.
Why is it w parku and not w park?
The preposition w (in) requires the locative case when describing a physical location. For most masculine inanimate nouns like park, the locative ending is -u, making it w parku.
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