Breakdown of Ta mucha chce lecieć do okna.
ta
this (f)
okno
window
chcieć
to want
do
to
lecieć
to fly (unidirectional)
mucha
fly
Questions & Answers about Ta mucha chce lecieć do okna.
Why do we use lecieć here instead of the other flying verb, latać?
The fly has a specific, single destination in mind right now: the window. We use the unidirectional verb lecieć for a single trip in one direction. If the fly were just buzzing around the room randomly, we would use the multidirectional verb latać.
Why does okno change to okna here?
The preposition do (to or towards) always requires the Genitive case. Since okno (window) is a neuter noun, its Genitive form changes the ending to an -a, becoming okna.
Why is it ta mucha and not to mucha?
Mucha (fly) is a feminine noun. The demonstrative pronoun for 'this' must match the gender of the noun it points to, so we use the feminine form ta. You would use to for neuter nouns, for example: to okno (this window).
Why doesn't the verb lecieć change its ending to match the fly?
Because the first verb in the sentence, chce (wants), is already conjugated to match the fly. When one verb follows another like this, the second verb stays in the infinitive (dictionary) form, just like in English: wants to fly.
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