Breakdown of On zawsze chętnie oprowadza gości po mieście.
on
he / it (m)
zawsze
always
miasto
city
gość
guest
chętnie
gladly / willingly
po
along, on (a surface)
oprowadzać
to show around
Questions & Answers about On zawsze chętnie oprowadza gości po mieście.
Why does po mean "around" instead of "after" in this sentence?
In this lesson, we are seeing that po combined with the Locative case is not just for time (like po południu - "after noon"). It is also used to describe movement around, across, or all over a space. So po mieście means "around the city".
I know "city" is miasto. Why does it change to mieście here?
The preposition po requires the Locative case here. For neuter nouns ending in -o, we usually replace it with -e in the Locative. But this also causes the consonants right before it to soften. The -st- in miasto changes to the softer -ść-, giving us mieście.
Why is the direct object "guests" written as gości? Isn't that the Genitive case?
It is both! The word gości is the direct object of the verb oprowadzać (to show around), so it is in the Accusative case. However, for "male-personal" nouns (groups of people that could include at least one man), the Accusative plural form is exactly the same as the Genitive plural form.
The verb oprowadza translates to "shows around". Is it related to the word prowadzić (to lead)?
Yes! The base verb prowadzić means "to lead" or "to guide". Adding the prefix o- often gives a verb a sense of doing something "around" an area. So oprowadzać literally means "to lead around", which we translate as "to show around" when talking about guests or tours.
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