Breakdown of Posłuchałem radia i wróciłem do domu.
i
and
dom
house
radio
radio
do
to
wrócić
to return, to come back (perfective)
posłuchać
to listen for a while (perfective)
Questions & Answers about Posłuchałem radia i wróciłem do domu.
Why does the sentence use radia instead of the dictionary form radio?
The verb posłuchać (to listen) requires its object to be in the Genitive case, not the usual Accusative case. For the neuter noun radio, the Genitive form is radia.
How do we know this means "I listened for a while" rather than just "I listened"?
The prefix po- in posłuchałem gives the meaning of doing something for a short or limited amount of time. It changes the imperfective verb słuchać (to listen) into a perfective verb meaning "to listen for a bit".
Why do both verbs end in -łem?
Why is "home" translated as do domu?
When talking about motion towards a destination, Polish uses the preposition do (to) followed by the Genitive case. Domu is the Genitive form of dom (house), so do domu literally means "to the house".
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