Word
Nie mogę tego wytrzymać przez jedną sekundę.
Meaning
I cannot endure this for one second.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Nie mogę tego wytrzymać przez jedną sekundę.
Why does "for one second" translate to przez jedną sekundę?
The preposition przez is used to express how long an action lasts (duration). It always requires the Accusative case. Since sekunda is a feminine noun, it changes its ending to -ę, and the number jedna changes to jedną.
Why is the word for "this" tego instead of to?
In a positive sentence, "to endure this" would use the Accusative case: wytrzymać to. However, whenever you negate a verb that normally takes the Accusative (Nie mogę...), the direct object flips to the Genitive case. The Genitive form of to is tego. This is a very important and common Polish rule called the Genitive of Negation.
How is wytrzymać related to the basic verb trzymać (to hold)?
Trzymać means "to hold" or "to keep." Adding the prefix wy- often implies pushing an action to its absolute limit or outward. Together, it creates a new word meaning "to endure," "to bear," or "to withstand" something.
Why use the infinitive wytrzymać here instead of conjugating it?