Breakdown of Nasze pokolenie ma dobre dni.
mieć
to have
dobry
good
nasz
our
dzień
day
pokolenie
the generation
Questions & Answers about Nasze pokolenie ma dobre dni.
Why is the plural of dzień just dni in this sentence?
The word dzień (day) has a highly irregular plural. The stem changes completely, dropping the -ze- to become dni. This is the standard form for both the nominative (subject) and accusative (direct object) plural, so you just have to memorize it!
Why does the adjective dobre end in -e if dzień is a masculine noun?
In the plural, Polish adjectives only have two categories: masculine-personal (groups with at least one man) and non-masculine-personal (everything else, including inanimate objects). Since days are not human men, the adjective takes the non-masculine-personal ending -e, making it dobre.
The verb ma means "has". Why isn't the object dobre dni in the genitive case?
Positive sentences with the verb mieć (to have) always take the accusative case. It only flips to the genitive case when the sentence is negative, like in nie ma dobrych dni (does not have good days). Here, dobre dni is in the accusative, which looks exactly the same as the nominative.
Why do we use nasze for the word "our" here?
The word pokolenie (generation) ends in -e, which is a classic ending for neuter nouns. The possessive pronoun must match this gender, so we use the neuter singular form nasze instead of the masculine nasz or feminine nasza.
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