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Chciałbym szczerze pogodzić się z moją siostrą.

Chciałbym szczerze pogodzić się z moją siostrą.
I would like to honestly reconcile with my sister.
From Lesson 143:Reciprocal verbs (się z...)·Polish

Questions & Answers about Chciałbym szczerze pogodzić się z moją siostrą.

Why do we need the word się after pogodzić?
The verb pogodzić się is a reciprocal verb. While się often means "oneself", here it shows mutual action, similar to "each other". You are making peace with your sister, and she is making peace with you, so you are doing it together.
Why is the ending of moja siostra changed to moją siostrą?
The preposition z meaning "with" (showing who you do an action with) requires the Instrumental case. For feminine words ending in -a, both the pronoun (moja) and the noun (siostra) change their last letter to -ą, becoming moją siostrą.
How would this sentence change if the speaker were female?
A female speaker would say chciałabym instead of chciałbym. The Polish conditional for "I would like" changes based on gender: men use the -łbym ending, while women use the -łabym ending.
How is the word szczerze formed?
Szczerze is an adverb meaning "honestly" or "sincerely". It comes from the adjective szczery (honest). In Polish, to turn an adjective ending in -ry into an adverb, you often change the -ry to -rze.

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