Breakdown of Relacja z psychologiem jest ważna.
być
to be
z
with
ważny
important
psycholog
psychologist
relacja
relationship
Questions & Answers about Relacja z psychologiem jest ważna.
How would I change this sentence to say 'The relationship with oneself is important' using the pronouns from this lesson?
You would replace psychologiem with the instrumental form of the reflexive pronoun siebie, which is sobą. The sentence becomes: Relacja ze sobą jest ważna. Notice that z changes to ze to make pronunciation easier before sobą.
Why does psycholog change to psychologiem here instead of just adding -em?
The preposition z meaning 'with' always requires the instrumental case. Because psycholog is a masculine noun ending in -g, it takes the ending -iem. Masculine nouns ending in -k or -g always add that extra -i- before the standard -em ending to soften the pronunciation.
Why do we use ważna instead of ważny when the closest noun is a masculine psychologist?
Even though it comes at the end of the sentence, ważna describes the main subject, Relacja (relationship). Since Relacja is a feminine noun, the adjective must take the feminine ending -a. It does not agree with psychologiem, which is just part of a prepositional phrase.
Could I use the preposition do if I wanted to say 'relationship to a psychologist'?
In Polish, when talking about interpersonal relationships, you almost always use relacja z (relationship with) plus the instrumental case. Unlike in English, where you might say 'relationship to', translating that directly into Polish with the preposition do sounds unnatural.
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