Breakdown of Ci znani ludzie urodzili się w Polsce.
ten
this (m)
ludzie
people
w
in / on (a day)
Polska
Poland
znany
known
urodzić się
to be born
Questions & Answers about Ci znani ludzie urodzili się w Polsce.
I learned that 'human' or 'person' is człowiek. Where did ludzie come from?
Ludzie is the plural form of człowiek. Just like 'person' turns into a completely different word ('people') in English, Polish uses a completely new word for the plural here. You just have to memorize that one człowiek becomes many ludzie.
Why is it Ci znani ludzie instead of Te znane ludzie?
Ludzie is a masculine personal noun (meaning it refers to people and can include men). Because of this, the word for 'these' takes the masculine personal form Ci, and the adjective znany (famous) changes its ending to the masculine personal -i, becoming znani.
Why does the verb end in -li (urodzili)? Could it be urodziły?
The past tense verb must match the gender of the subject. Because ludzie is masculine personal, the verb takes the -li ending. If the subject were non-masculine personal, like kobiety (women), you would use the -ły ending and say urodziły się.
Why does Polska change to Polsce at the end of the sentence?
The preposition w (in) requires the Locative case when you are talking about being situated in a location. For feminine nouns ending in -ka like Polska, the ending changes to -ce, making it w Polsce.
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