Breakdown of Jak przetrwałeś to przemówienie? Słuchaliśmy go przez dwie godziny.
to
this
jak
how
go
him / it
słuchać
to listen
godzina
hour; o'clock
dwie
two (f)
przez
for (a period of time)
przetrwać
to survive
przemówienie
speech
Questions & Answers about Jak przetrwałeś to przemówienie? Słuchaliśmy go przez dwie godziny.
Why is it przez dwie godziny and not przez dwa godziny?
The preposition przez (for) takes the Accusative case to express how long something lasted. The word godzina (hour) is feminine, so we must use the feminine word for two, which is dwie. Godziny is the plural Accusative form.
Why does the second sentence use go for "it"? Shouldn't it be je since przemówienie is a neuter noun?
The verb słuchać (to listen to) is a verb that requires its object to be in the Genitive case, not the usual Accusative case. The word przemówienie (speech) is neuter, and the Genitive form of the neuter pronoun for "it" is go.
Why do we use the perfective verb przetrwałeś but the imperfective słuchaliśmy?
Przetrwałeś (you survived) is perfective because it focuses on the completed result of making it to the end of the speech. Słuchaliśmy (we listened / were listening) is imperfective because it describes an ongoing action that lasted for a specific amount of time (przez dwie godziny).
What gender is przemówienie and what case is it in here?
It is a neuter noun, which is common for Polish nouns ending in -nie. Here, it is the direct object of przetrwałeś (to survive), which takes the Accusative case. For neuter nouns, the Accusative form looks exactly the same as the dictionary form.
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