Breakdown of To nie ma żadnego sensu.
to
this
mieć
to have
nie
no / not
żaden
no / none / any (not a single one)
sens
sense
Questions & Answers about To nie ma żadnego sensu.
Why do we use both nie and żadnego here? Doesn't that mean "it doesn't have no sense"?
In Polish, double negatives are absolutely required. Whenever you use a negative word like żaden (none/not any), you must also negate the verb with nie. So, nie ma żadnego literally translates to "doesn't have none", but in English we would say "doesn't have any" or "has no".
Why is it żadnego sensu instead of żaden sens?
This is because of the Genitive of negation. When you negate a verb that normally takes a direct object (like mieć, to have), the object's case changes from Accusative to Genitive. The phrase żaden sens changes to its Genitive form, żadnego sensu.
The translation says "makes no sense", but isn't ma the verb for "has"?
What gender is żadnego here, and why does it end in -ego?
It is masculine. The noun sens is a masculine inanimate noun. In the Genitive case, masculine determiners and adjectives take the -ego ending, which is why żaden becomes żadnego.
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