Breakdown of Pacjent najbardziej boi się bólu i samotności.
i
and
pacjent
the patient (m)
bać się
to be afraid
najbardziej
most
Questions & Answers about Pacjent najbardziej boi się bólu i samotności.
Why do we say bólu and samotności instead of their dictionary forms ból and samotność?
The verb bać się (to be afraid) always forces the thing you are afraid of to take the Genitive case. So, ból becomes bólu and samotność becomes samotności.
How do we form the Genitive for a feminine noun like samotność? I thought feminine nouns usually end in -a.
While most feminine nouns end in -a, Polish has a group of feminine nouns that end in a consonant, especially abstract concepts ending in -ość. To form the Genitive for these nouns, you just add -i to the end, giving us samotności.
Why does bólu take the -u ending in the Genitive case instead of -a?
Ból is a masculine inanimate noun. In the Genitive case, masculine inanimate nouns can end in either -a or -u. There is no single strict rule, but abstract concepts, states, and conditions like ból almost always take the -u ending.
Why is najbardziej used here for "most" instead of najwięcej?