Breakdown of Dlaczego niektórzy politycy popierają ten projekt?
ten
this (m)
projekt
project
dlaczego
why
polityk
politician
Questions & Answers about Dlaczego niektórzy politycy popierają ten projekt?
Why do we use niektórzy here instead of niektóre?
The word niektórzy is the masculine personal plural form of the word for some. We must use it here because it modifies politycy (politicians), which refers to male or mixed-gender people. If we were talking about non-human nouns, or exclusively feminine nouns, we would use niektóre.
The singular word for politician is polityk. Why does the plural become politycy?
When a masculine personal noun ends in -k, the plural form usually changes that k to a c before adding the plural ending -y. This is a very common consonant mutation in Polish, which you might remember from words like Polak becoming Polacy.
The verb popierać (to support) takes the accusative case. Why does ten projekt look like it is in the nominative case?
It is indeed in the accusative case! However, projekt is a masculine inanimate noun. For masculine inanimate nouns, the accusative form is exactly the same as the nominative form. The pronoun ten (this) also follows this rule, so the entire phrase looks identical to its nominative form.