Breakdown of Ten etap skończy się za miesiąc.
ten
this (m)
się
oneself
miesiąc
month
skończyć
to finish
za
behind; in (time)
etap
stage (phase)
Questions & Answers about Ten etap skończy się za miesiąc.
Why do we use za to mean "in" in this sentence?
When talking about an event happening a certain amount of time in the future, Polish uses the preposition za followed by the Accusative case. So za miesiąc translates to "in a month".
If za takes the Accusative case, why does miesiąc look exactly like its dictionary form?
Because miesiąc (month) is a masculine inanimate noun. For masculine non-living things, the Accusative form is identical to the basic Nominative form, so it doesn't change its ending here.
Why do we need the word się after skończy?
The verb skończyć by itself means "to finish something" (like finishing a task). Since the stage isn't finishing another object, but rather coming to an end on its own, we must use the reflexive form skończyć się (literally "to finish itself").
Skończy is conjugated like a present tense verb, so why does it translate to the future "will finish"?
The verb skończyć is perfective, meaning it describes a fully completed action. In Polish, when you conjugate a perfective verb using standard present-tense endings, it automatically creates the future tense!
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