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Czy to ten produkt, który wolisz?

Czy to ten produkt, który wolisz?
Is this the product you prefer?
From Lesson 128:Expressing preference (woleć)·Polish

Questions & Answers about Czy to ten produkt, który wolisz?

Why do we use ten here if we already have to at the beginning?
Czy to simply asks 'Is this...?', where to acts as a fixed pointer. We then add ten right before produkt to specify 'this/that particular product'. So Czy to ten produkt translates literally to 'Is this that product?'.
The verb wolisz (you prefer) usually takes an Accusative object. Where is it here?
The relative pronoun który (which/that) acts as the direct object for wolisz. Because produkt is a masculine inanimate noun, its Accusative form is identical to its Nominative form. Therefore, który is technically in the Accusative case here, even though it looks just like the dictionary form.
How do we know to use który instead of która or które?
A relative pronoun always has to match the gender and number of the noun it refers back to. Since produkt is masculine and singular, we must use the masculine singular form, który.
Can I drop który and just say Czy to ten produkt wolisz?, like we often drop 'that' in English?
No, in Polish you cannot skip the relative pronoun. While in English you can say 'Is this the product you prefer?' without 'that', in Polish you must always include który to connect the two parts of the sentence.

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