Breakdown of Karetka bardzo szybko wiezie pacjenta do szpitala.
bardzo
very
szybko
quickly
szpital
hospital
do
to
pacjent
the patient (m)
wieźć
to transport by vehicle (unidirectional)
karetka
ambulance
Questions & Answers about Karetka bardzo szybko wiezie pacjenta do szpitala.
Why is the verb wiezie used here instead of wozi?
wiezie comes from wieźć, which is a unidirectional motion verb. It is used here because the ambulance is making a single, specific trip in one direction (to the hospital right now). If we used wozi, it would mean the ambulance transports patients regularly or as a general habit.
Why does pacjent become pacjenta here?
pacjenta is the direct object of the verb wiezie, so it needs to be in the accusative case. Because pacjent is a masculine animate noun (a living person), its accusative form takes the -a ending. If the ambulance were transporting an inanimate object, the dictionary form wouldn't change.
Why is the hospital szpitala instead of just szpital?
The preposition do (meaning "to") always requires the noun following it to be in the genitive case. For the masculine noun szpital, the genitive form is szpitala.
Could I move bardzo szybko to the end of the sentence?
Yes, Polish word order is quite flexible! You could say Karetka wiezie pacjenta do szpitala bardzo szybko. Putting bardzo szybko (very quickly) right next to the verb just puts a bit more natural emphasis on the speed of the ambulance.
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