Breakdown of W przyszłym roku będę mieszkać w Polsce.
być
to be
mieszkać
to live
w
in / on (a day)
Polska
Poland
Questions & Answers about W przyszłym roku będę mieszkać w Polsce.
Why do we use przyszłym roku here, and what case is it?
We use the Locative case after the preposition w (in) when talking about specific years. The dictionary word for "future" is przyszły, which becomes przyszłym, and rok (year) becomes roku. The whole phrase w przyszłym roku is the standard Polish way to say "next year".
I've also seen the future tense formed with words like mieszkał or mieszkała. Can I use those here instead of mieszkać?
Yes, absolutely! In Polish, you can form this future tense in two ways: using będę plus the basic dictionary form (będę mieszkać), or using będę plus the past tense form (będę mieszkał if you are a man, będę mieszkała if you are a woman). Both mean exactly the same thing, so you can choose whichever is easier for you!
Why does Polska change to Polsce?
When you say you are physically located in a place using the preposition w, you need to use the Locative case. For feminine nouns ending in -ka like Polska, the ending changes to -ce. This is a very common spelling rule you'll see with other words too, like matka (mother) becoming matce.
Could I use a different verb here to mean 'I will live', like ?