Breakdown of W przyszłym roku będę mieszkać w Polsce.
być
to be
mieszkać
to live
w
in / on (a day)
Polska
Poland
w przyszłym roku
next year
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 zamieszkam?
They have slightly different meanings. Będę mieszkać uses an imperfective verb, which focuses on the continuous state of living there over time. If you used the perfective verb zamieszkam, it would mean 'I will move in' or 'I will settle' in Poland, focusing on the completed action of relocating rather than the ongoing stay.
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