Breakdown of W tym mieście jest dużo pracy, na przykład w banku.
być
to be
ten
this (m)
w
in / on (a day)
praca
work
miasto
city
dużo
a lot / much
bank
bank
na przykład
for example
Questions & Answers about W tym mieście jest dużo pracy, na przykład w banku.
Why does the word for city change to mieście instead of just adding an ending to miasto?
After the preposition w (in), we use the Locative case. The neuter noun miasto has a special stem change in this case: the consonant cluster st softens to ść and the vowel a changes to e, resulting in mieście.
Why do we use tym before mieście?
Tym is the Locative neuter form of to (this). Since miasto is a neuter noun and is in the Locative case here, the word for 'this' must match its gender and case.
Why is the word for work pracy here instead of praca?
Words that express a quantity, like dużo (a lot), require the noun following them to be in the Genitive case. The feminine noun praca changes its ending to -y to become the Genitive pracy.
For w banku, why is the Locative ending -u instead of -ie?
Usually, masculine nouns ending in a hard consonant take the -ie ending in the Locative case. However, words ending in -k, -g, or -ch (like bank) take the -u ending instead. This avoids awkward pronunciations, so it becomes w banku.
How is na przykład usually written in short form?
In written Polish, na przykład (for example) is very often abbreviated as np., which is used exactly like 'e.g.' in English.
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