Breakdown of Niektóre kobiety twierdzą, że to zły pomysł.
to
this
kobieta
woman
zły
bad
że
that
pomysł
idea
niektóry
some / certain (m, f, n)
twierdzić
to claim
Questions & Answers about Niektóre kobiety twierdzą, że to zły pomysł.
Why do we use niektóre here instead of niektórzy?
The word kobiety (women) is a non-masculine-personal noun. In the plural, Polish splits words into masculine-personal (groups including at least one man) and non-masculine-personal (everything else, including women, animals, and objects). Because we are talking about a group of women, we use the non-masculine-personal form niektóre. If the sentence was about men, it would be niektórzy mężczyźni.
What is the dictionary form of twierdzą?
The infinitive is twierdzić (to claim or to assert). It is a regular verb in the present tense, and twierdzą is the 3rd person plural (they) form.
Why is the verb "is" missing in the phrase to zły pomysł?
Normally, saying "X is a Y" requires the Instrumental case. Why is zły pomysł in the Nominative case here?
It is because of the word to. When you use to to mean "this is" or "it is", the noun phrase that follows stays in the basic Nominative case (zły pomysł). If you used only the verb jest without to, you would need the Instrumental case: że jest złym pomysłem.
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