Breakdown of Mój dziadek robi badanie krwi raz w roku.
robić
to make, to do
mój
my
w
in / on (a day)
dziadek
the grandfather
rok
year
raz
time, once
badanie
the examination
krew
blood
Questions & Answers about Mój dziadek robi badanie krwi raz w roku.
Why do we say w roku to express "a year" here?
In Polish, to say how often something happens within a certain time frame, we use w followed by a time unit. For words like rok (year), miesiąc (month), and tydzień (week), this time unit takes the Locative case. The Locative form of rok is roku, which gives us the phrase raz w roku (once a year).
Where does the word krwi come from in badanie krwi?
krwi is the Genitive case form of the noun krew (blood). In Polish, to say "blood test", you literally say "test of blood". Notice how the vowel drops out when the word changes case: krew becomes krwi.
In English we usually say he "gets" or "has" a blood test. Why does the Polish sentence use robi (does)?
In Polish, the verb robić (to do/make) is the standard verb used with medical tests, examinations, and surveys. Even though the grandfather is the patient having his blood drawn, in Polish we still say he robi badanie krwi.
What case is the word badanie in this sentence?
It is in the Accusative case because it is the direct object of the verb robi (he does). Because badanie is a neuter noun, its Accusative form looks exactly the same as its basic dictionary (Nominative) form.
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