Breakdown of Szef prosi wszystkich o zaangażowanie.
wszyscy
everyone / all (the)
prosić
to ask
szef
boss (m)
o
for (asking for something)
zaangażowanie
commitment
Questions & Answers about Szef prosi wszystkich o zaangażowanie.
Why is the form wszystkich used here, and which case is it?
The verb prosić (to ask) requires the Accusative case for the person you are asking. The Accusative form of the masculine personal pronoun wszyscy (everyone) is wszystkich. Notice that this is identical to its Genitive form, which is a common pattern for masculine personal nouns and pronouns in Polish and connects right back to your current lesson on oblique cases!
Why do we need the preposition o before the word for commitment?
In Polish, to express asking for something, you use the verb prosić followed by the preposition o. The thing you are requesting must then be in the Accusative case. The full structure to remember is prosić kogoś o coś (to ask someone for something).
What kind of word is zaangażowanie and why does it look like it is just in the dictionary form?
Zaangażowanie (commitment or involvement) is a verbal noun, which means it is a noun built directly from a verb, in this case zaangażować (to involve). Like almost all Polish nouns ending in -nie, it is neuter. Because neuter nouns share the exact same form in the Nominative (dictionary) and Accusative cases, its ending does not change after the preposition o.
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