Breakdown of Musimy pojechać na to piętro, żeby zobaczyć biuro.
to
this
biuro
office
na
on, at / to (motion toward) / for (a meal) / for (waiting for)
musieć
to have to
zobaczyć
to see (perfective)
żeby
so that, in order to
pojechać
to go (by vehicle)
piętro
floor (level of a building)
Questions & Answers about Musimy pojechać na to piętro, żeby zobaczyć biuro.
Why use pojechać (to ride) instead of pójść (to walk) for going to a floor?
In multi-story buildings, you usually take an elevator. Polish is very strict about the method of transport: if you use a machine like an elevator, you must use a riding verb like pojechać. If you were taking the stairs, you would use pójść (to go on foot).
Why do we use the preposition na instead of do for going to a floor?
In Polish, you go 'onto' a floor rather than 'into' it. The preposition na is the standard choice for floors, open spaces, and events, while do is used for going inside enclosed rooms or buildings.
Why doesn't the ending of piętro or biuro change in this sentence?
Both of these are neuter nouns. The grammar here requires the Accusative case (for motion towards a destination, and for the direct object of seeing), but for neuter nouns, the Accusative form looks exactly the same as the basic dictionary form.
How would I say 'to the 21st floor' using the ordinal numbers from this lesson?
You would put the ordinal number before the noun. Since the phrase uses the Accusative case for a neuter noun, the ordinal number takes the neuter -e ending. You would replace to (this) with dwudzieste pierwsze to make na dwudzieste pierwsze piętro.
What is the rule for using żeby here?
The word żeby means 'in order to'. Because the same group of people is doing both actions (we are going, and we are seeing), you just follow żeby with the dictionary form (infinitive) of the verb zobaczyć. Also, notice that Polish always requires a comma before żeby.
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