Word
Moja siostra często nocuje u mnie.
Meaning
My sister often spends the night at my place.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about Moja siostra często nocuje u mnie.
Why do we use u mnie instead of saying w moim domu?
The preposition u means "at the place of" or "at the home of" and is a very natural way to express this in Polish. It completely replaces the need to literally say "in my house" (w moim domu).
Why is the pronoun mnie used here instead of ja or mi?
The preposition u always requires the Genitive case. The word mnie is the Genitive form of the pronoun ja (I).
The verb nocuje looks like the word for night (noc). Are they related?
Yes! nocuje comes from the verb nocować (to spend the night), which is built from the noun noc. Because it is an -ować verb, the ending changes to -uje for the third-person singular (she spends the night).
Could I put często at the very end of the sentence?
You could, because Polish word order is flexible. However, placing the adverb często right before the verb is usually the most natural-sounding choice.