Word
Asystent przygotowuje raport dla szefa.
Meaning
The assistant is preparing a report for the boss.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Asystent przygotowuje raport dla szefa.
szef
boss (m)
dla
for
raport
the report
asystent
the assistant
Questions & Answers about Asystent przygotowuje raport dla szefa.
The verb is przygotowuje, but the dictionary form is przygotowywać. How does this fit the -ywać suffix rule?
Przygotowywać (to prepare) is an imperfective verb created from the perfective przygotować by adding the suffix -ywać. A tricky thing to remember is that verbs ending in -ywać change their stem in the present tense to -uje-. That is why the third-person singular becomes przygotowuje, not 'przygotowywa'.
Could I use the perfective form przygotuje in this sentence instead?
No, because the sentence describes an action happening right now ('is preparing'). Perfective verbs in Polish cannot be used in the present tense. Przygotuje means 'will prepare' (future tense), so using it would change the meaning to 'The assistant will prepare a report.'
Why is it dla szefa and not just dla szef?
The preposition dla (for) always requires the following noun to be in the Genitive case. Since szef (boss) is a masculine animate noun, its Genitive form takes the -a ending, becoming szefa.
Raport is the direct object here. Why doesn't it have an Accusative ending like -a?