Breakdown of To pojęcie dotyczy wszystkiego.
to
this
wszystko
everything
pojęcie
concept
dotyczyć
to concern
Questions & Answers about To pojęcie dotyczy wszystkiego.
Why do we use wszystkiego instead of the basic form wszystko?
The verb dotyczyć (to apply to, to concern) requires its object to be in the Genitive case. The Genitive form of the neuter pronoun wszystko (everything) is wszystkiego.
Is wszystkiego declined like a regular adjective?
Exactly! Even though wszystko is a pronoun, it follows standard masculine and neuter adjective declension patterns in its oblique cases. The regular Genitive ending for neuter adjectives is -ego, so wszystko becomes wszystkiego.
I've seen tyczy się used for 'applies to'. Can I use it here instead of dotyczy?
Yes, dotyczyć and tyczyć się are synonyms and both mean to concern or to apply to. They both require the Genitive case, so you could absolutely say To pojęcie tyczy się wszystkiego.
What gender is the noun pojęcie?
It is a neuter noun. You can tell by the -e ending, which is standard for verbal nouns ending in -cie or -nie. Because it is neuter, it pairs with the neuter demonstrative pronoun to (this).
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