Breakdown of Czy to jest torebka mojej mamy?
to
this
być
to be
czy
[question particle]
mój
my
mama
mum
torebka
handbag
Questions & Answers about Czy to jest torebka mojej mamy?
torebka ends in -ka. Is this a diminutive of another word?
Yes! It comes from torba (a bag). Adding the feminine diminutive suffix -ka literally makes it "a little bag," but in everyday Polish, torebka is the standard word for a woman's "handbag" or "purse".
If the base word is torba, why is the diminutive torebka and not "torbka"?
Polish often inserts an extra e to break up difficult consonant clusters like "rbk". This makes the word easier to pronounce. You will frequently see this extra vowel (often called a "fleeting e") appear when adding diminutive suffixes like -ka or -ek.
Why are mojej and mamy used here instead of moja mama?
They are in the Genitive case, which is used here to show possession, just like the apostrophe "s" in "mom's". The feminine nominative moja mama changes to mojej mamy in the Genitive.
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