Questions & Answers about Poznałam go dwa lata temu.
Why is the verb poznałam used here instead of spotkałam for met?
In Polish, poznać means to meet someone for the first time or get to know them. If you are talking about meeting someone you already know, like meeting a friend for coffee, you would use spotkać.
Does the word poznałam tell us anything about the person speaking?
Yes, the -am ending in past tense verbs shows that the speaker is female. If a man were saying this sentence, he would use the masculine form and say poznałem.
Why use go instead of jego for him?
Both go and jego mean him in the accusative case, which we use for direct objects. You use the short form go in the middle of a sentence when it is not being emphasized. The long form jego is used at the beginning of a sentence, after a preposition, or when you want to strongly emphasize who you mean.
Why does the sentence use dwa lata instead of the normal word for year, rok?
The Polish word for year, rok, has an irregular plural form: lata. In Polish, the numbers 2, 3, and 4 are followed by this standard plural, so we say dwa lata. For numbers 5 and above, the rule changes and you must use the genitive plural form lat, as in pięć lat.
Is it normal for temu to come at the end of the phrase?
Yes! Just like the English word ago, the Polish word temu always comes immediately after the amount of time it refers to, rather than before it.
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