Breakdown of Jeśli twój laptop działa wolno, musisz zaktualizować system, żeby skończyć projekt.
twój
your
projekt
project
musieć
to have to
wolno
slowly
skończyć
to finish
żeby
so that, in order to
jeśli
if
laptop
laptop
działać
to function
zaktualizować
to update
system
the system
Questions & Answers about Jeśli twój laptop działa wolno, musisz zaktualizować system, żeby skończyć projekt.
Why is żeby followed by the infinitive skończyć here?
Żeby expresses purpose, meaning "in order to". Because the person doing both actions is the same (you must update the system, and you will finish the project), Polish simply uses żeby followed by the infinitive verb skończyć.
The English translation says the laptop "is slow", but Polish uses działa wolno. Could I say jest wolny?
Both zaktualizować (to update) and skończyć (to finish) are perfective verbs. Why?
Both of these actions are viewed as single, completed goals. You need to fully complete the update in order to fully complete the project. That is why perfective verbs are used, rather than their imperfective equivalents which would just mean spending time on the process.
Are system and projekt in their dictionary (nominative) forms here?
They are actually in the accusative case because they are the direct objects receiving the actions of the verbs. However, because system and projekt are masculine inanimate nouns, their accusative forms are identical to their dictionary forms.
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