Breakdown of Czy przekazujesz dane klientowi?
czy
[question particle]
klient
client
przekazywać
to pass on (imperfective)
dane
data
Questions & Answers about Czy przekazujesz dane klientowi?
This lesson is about verbs with the -ywać suffix. How does that apply to przekazujesz?
Przekazujesz comes from the imperfective verb przekazywać (to be passing on). Its perfective equivalent is przekazać (to pass on once or completely). By adding the -ywać suffix to the root, we create the imperfective form needed for an ongoing or repeated action like the one in this sentence.
If the infinitive is przekazywać, why does it conjugate to przekazujesz instead of keeping the "yw"?
Verbs that form their imperfective with the -ywać suffix change that ending to -uj- when conjugated in the present tense. Because of this common pattern, przekazywać becomes przekazuję (I am passing on), przekazujesz (you are passing on), and so on.
What case is dane here, and why does it look like an adjective?
Dane (data) is the direct object being passed on, so it is in the accusative case. It actually originated as a plural adjective before becoming a noun. Because it is a non-masculine-personal plural word, its accusative form is exactly the same as its nominative dictionary form.
Why does klient take the -owi ending to become klientowi?
It is in the dative case, which answers "to whom?". Since the client is the indirect object receiving the data, the noun must take the dative case. The -owi suffix is the standard and most common dative ending for masculine nouns.
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