Breakdown of To nie moja wina, że nie mogłam odwołać tego lotu.
to
this
nie
no / not
ten
this (m)
mój
my
móc
to be able to
że
that
lot
flight
wina
fault
odwołać
to cancel
Questions & Answers about To nie moja wina, że nie mogłam odwołać tego lotu.
Why is it mogłam and not mógłam?
Why is it tego lotu (genitive case) instead of the accusative ten lot?
This happens because of the word nie! When you negate a verb, its direct object usually changes from the accusative case to the genitive case. Even though the negation is attached to the modal verb (nie mogłam) rather than the main action (odwołać), this genitive rule still applies to the object of the action.
Can I include the verb jest and say To nie jest moja wina?
Yes, you absolutely can. Both are grammatically correct. However, in everyday spoken Polish, it is extremely common to drop the verb być (to be) in simple identification phrases like this one. To nie moja wina sounds very natural and conversational.
Is odwołać (to cancel) a perfective or imperfective verb?
Odwołać is perfective, meaning it focuses on the completion of the action. The speaker uses it here because she is talking about a single, specific event that she failed to complete (canceling one specific flight). Its imperfective equivalent is odwoływać.
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