Breakdown of Podczas terapii skupiam się na sobie.
na
on, at / to (motion toward) / for (a meal) / for (waiting for)
siebie
oneself
podczas
during
terapia
therapy
skupiać się
to focus
Questions & Answers about Podczas terapii skupiam się na sobie.
Why do we use sobie here instead of siebie or się?
The preposition na in the phrase skupiać się na (to focus on) requires the locative case. The locative form of the reflexive pronoun siebie is sobie. You must use this full pronoun instead of the short się because it directly follows a preposition.
The sentence has both się and sobie. Isn't it redundant to use two reflexive words?
It looks repetitive, but both are strictly required. The verb itself is inherently reflexive (skupiać się means to focus). Then you need a target for the preposition na (on). Since the target is the subject (myself), you use the locative reflexive pronoun sobie.
Does the verb skupiać się always take the preposition na?
Yes, when you want to specify what you are focusing on, Polish uses skupiać się na followed by a noun or pronoun in the locative case.
Why does the word terapia change to terapii with a double 'i'?
The preposition podczas (during) always forces the following noun into the genitive case. For feminine nouns ending in -ia that are borrowed from foreign languages, like terapia, the genitive ending becomes -ii.
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