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Kto zabrał moją książkę?

Kto zabrał moją książkę?
Who took my book?
From Lesson 77:Common perfective verbs (poznać, wrócić)·Polish

Questions & Answers about Kto zabrał moją książkę?

Why does the verb zabrał use the masculine form if we don't know who took the book?
In Polish, the question word kto (who) always takes a third-person masculine singular verb in the past tense. You use this default form even if you suspect a woman or a group of people took the book.
I learned the verb wziąć for taking. Why use zabrał here?
While both verbs relate to taking, zabrać (the base form of zabrał) specifically means to take away. Using zabrał emphasizes that the book was removed from its place or taken away from the speaker, rather than just physically picked up.
Why does the sentence use moją książkę instead of the dictionary form moja książka?
The book is the direct object of the sentence because it is the thing being taken. This means it must be in the accusative case. For feminine words, the noun ending changes from -a to -ę (książkę) and the describing word changes from -a to -ą (moją).

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