Breakdown of Kiedyś ten podejrzany mieszkał blisko nas.
blisko
close
ten
this (m)
mieszkać
to live
my
we
podejrzany
suspect
kiedyś
sometime
Questions & Answers about Kiedyś ten podejrzany mieszkał blisko nas.
How does the word kiedyś fit into the pattern of words ending in -ś?
The suffix -ś adds the idea of 'some' to question words. By attaching it to kiedy (when), you get kiedyś, which literally means 'sometime'. In sentences about the past, like this one, it is the standard word for 'once' or 'used to'.
Can kiedyś also be used to talk about the future?
Yes! Even though it translates to 'once' here, kiedyś simply refers to an unspecified time. You can easily use it with future tense verbs to mean 'sometime' or 'someday'.
Why does the noun podejrzany (suspect) look like it has an adjective ending?
In Polish, some words describing people are actually adjectives that function as nouns. Because podejrzany behaves like an adjective, it takes standard adjective endings depending on the case, gender, and number.
Why do we use nas instead of my at the end of the sentence?
The word blisko (near or close to) requires the noun or pronoun that follows it to take the Genitive case. Nas is the Genitive form of the pronoun my (we).
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