Word
Systematycznie zapisuję pliki na komputerze, bo to jest ważne.
Meaning
I systematically save files on the computer because it is important.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Systematycznie zapisuję pliki na komputerze, bo to jest ważne.
to
this
być
to be
na
on, at / to (motion toward) / for (a meal) / for (waiting for)
komputer
computer
Questions & Answers about Systematycznie zapisuję pliki na komputerze, bo to jest ważne.
How did we get the verb zapisuję from the perfective verb zapisać?
Zapisać is the perfective verb meaning "to save" or "to write down" as a completed action. To talk about a repeated or ongoing action, we need its imperfective pair. We form this by adding the suffix -ywać to the root, creating zapisywać. Since the sentence says systematycznie (regularly), we must use this imperfective form.
Why is the "I" form zapisuję instead of zapisywam?
Verbs that end in the suffix -ywać undergo a stem change in the present tense. The -ywa- part drops out and is replaced by -uj- before adding the standard personal endings. Therefore, zapisywać becomes zapisuję for "I", zapisujesz for "you", and so on.
Why does the word komputer change to komputerze here?
The preposition na takes the locative case when you are talking about a fixed location, like where files are stored. For masculine nouns ending in -r like komputer, the locative case ending changes the final consonant to -rz and adds an -e.
Does zapisywać only mean "to save" files digitally?
No, it is a very versatile verb. While it means "to save" in a digital context (like files or documents), its traditional and very common meaning is "to write down" or "to record" something on paper, like a phone number or a note.