Questions & Answers about Kiedy otwieracie ten sklep?
How do we get the imperfective verb otwierać from the perfective otworzyć?
To make the imperfective form otwierać, the perfective verb otworzyć goes through two changes. The ending -yć changes to the suffix -ać, and the stem vowel o shifts to ie (otworzyć becomes otwierać). Here, it is conjugated for the second person plural as otwieracie.
What is the difference in meaning between asking "Kiedy otwieracie..." and "Kiedy otworzycie..."?
Using the imperfective otwieracie asks about a routine or schedule: "When do you open this shop [every day]?" If you used the perfective otworzycie, you would be asking about a single, completed future event, such as "When will you open this shop [for the very first time]?"
Is ten sklep in the nominative or accusative case here?
It is in the accusative case because it is the direct object of the verb. However, for masculine inanimate nouns like sklep, the accusative form looks exactly the same as the nominative form. This is why ten sklep doesn't change its ending.
Why is there no personal pronoun like wy in this sentence?
In Polish, the verb ending -cie in otwieracie already clearly tells us that the subject is wy (you, plural). Pronouns are almost always dropped in Polish unless you specifically need to emphasize who is doing the action.
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