Word
Kiedy wszyscy są gotowi, idę po szampana i przekąski.
Meaning
When everyone is ready, I am going for champagne and snacks.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Kiedy wszyscy są gotowi, idę po szampana i przekąski.
być
to be
i
and
iść
to go
wszyscy
everyone / all (the)
Questions & Answers about Kiedy wszyscy są gotowi, idę po szampana i przekąski.
Why is it wszyscy here and not wszystkie?
Wszyscy means "everyone" and is the masculine personal (virile) plural form, which acts as the default for any mixed group of people. If the group consisted entirely of women, you would use the non-virile form wszystkie.
Why does gotowi end in -i instead of -e?
Adjectives must match the noun or pronoun they describe. Since wszyscy is a masculine personal pronoun, the adjective must take the masculine personal plural ending, making it gotowi. If we used wszystkie, the adjective would be gotowe.
Why does szampana end in -a? Isn't champagne an inanimate object?
Grammatically, it should be inanimate, but in everyday Polish, many fruits, vegetables, and drinks (like alcohol and sodas) are treated as animate masculine nouns. This means their Accusative form, which we need here, borrows the -a ending from the Genitive case.
Why do we use the preposition po for "for" in this sentence?
In Polish, when you go somewhere specifically to fetch, grab, or pick something up, you use the preposition po followed by the Accusative case. If you used dla, it would imply you are walking on behalf of the champagne!