Breakdown of W niedzielę ciężarówki nie wożą towaru do magazynu.
nie
no / not
w
in / on (a day)
do
to
niedziela
Sunday
Questions & Answers about W niedzielę ciężarówki nie wożą towaru do magazynu.
Why do we use wożą instead of wiozą in this sentence?
Wożą comes from wozić, which is the multidirectional verb for transporting by vehicle. We use it here because the sentence describes a repeated, habitual action happening every Sunday, rather than a single, one-way trip happening right now. If the trucks were making a single trip right at this moment, we would use the unidirectional form wiozą.
Why is the word for "goods" in the genitive case (towaru) instead of the accusative?
Because of the word nie. Normally, the direct object of a verb like "to transport" takes the accusative case. However, in Polish, whenever a verb is negated, its direct object changes to the genitive case. This rule is called the Genitive of Negation.
The English translation says "goods" (plural). Is towaru plural in Polish?
No, towar (and its genitive form towaru) is singular. In Polish, merchandise or cargo is typically treated as a singular mass noun, whereas English uses the plural word "goods".
Why does the Polish sentence use the singular w niedzielę when the English translation says "On Sundays"?
In Polish, to say you do something regularly on a specific day of the week, you simply use w + the singular accusative form of the day. The fact that it happens every Sunday is implied by the context and the habitual verb wożą.