Breakdown of Pewnie spałbym codziennie do południa.
spać
to sleep
codziennie
every day
do
to
południe
noon, midday
pewnie
probably
Questions & Answers about Pewnie spałbym codziennie do południa.
How is the conditional verb spałbym formed here?
To make the conditional mood ("would do something"), you take the third-person past tense of the verb and add the conditional ending. Here, we take the masculine past tense spał (he slept) and add -bym (I would). So, spałbym translates to "I (a male) would sleep".
How would a woman say this sentence?
A woman would start with the feminine past tense form spała (she slept) and add the same -bym ending. Her sentence would be: Pewnie spałabym codziennie do południa.
Could I detach the -bym ending from the verb?
Yes! In Polish, conditional endings like -bym are mobile and love to jump to the first emphasized word in the sentence. It is extremely common and natural to hear Pewnie bym spał codziennie do południa, attaching the -bym directly to the word pewnie.
Why does the word for noon (południe) change to południa?
The preposition do (meaning "until" or "to") always requires the following noun to take the Genitive case. Because południe is a neuter noun ending in -e, its Genitive form ends in -a, making it do południa.
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