Word
Niektóre pytania w tej ankiecie są trudne.
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Breakdown of Niektóre pytania w tej ankiecie są trudne.
być
to be
ten
this (m)
w
in / on (a day)
pytanie
question / asking
Questions & Answers about Niektóre pytania w tej ankiecie są trudne.
Why do we use niektóre here instead of niektórzy?
Niektórzy is used exclusively for masculine-personal nouns (groups of people containing at least one man). Since pytania (questions) is the plural of a neuter noun, we must use the non-masculine-personal plural form, which is niektóre.
Wait, pytania ends in -a. Doesn't that usually make it a feminine singular noun?
It often does for singular nouns, but here pytania is the plural form of the neuter noun pytanie. In Polish, neuter nouns ending in -e or -o (like drzewo or zdjęcie) change their ending to -a in the nominative plural.
What case is w tej ankiecie and why?
It is in the locative case. The preposition w (in) requires the locative when it describes a static location (where something is). The feminine noun ankieta (survey) changes to ankiecie, and the demonstrative pronoun ta (this) becomes tej.
Why does the adjective trudne end in -e?