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Smażenie mięsa nie jest zdrowe.

Smażenie mięsa nie jest zdrowe.
Frying meat is not healthy.
From Lesson 201:Verbal nouns (-nie, -cie)·Polish

Breakdown of Smażenie mięsa nie jest zdrowe.

być
to be
nie
no / not
mięso
meat
zdrowy
healthy
smażenie
frying

Questions & Answers about Smażenie mięsa nie jest zdrowe.

Why does the word for "meat" change to mięsa here instead of taking the accusative case?
Smażenie is a verbal noun (a noun made from a verb). When a verb that normally takes an accusative direct object is turned into a noun, its object switches to the genitive case. Grammatically, it translates closer to "the frying of meat," which is why mięso becomes the genitive mięsa.
Is smażenie treated as a normal noun, and what gender is it?
Yes, verbal nouns ending in -nie (like smażenie) or -cie act exactly like regular nouns, and they are always neuter. Because of this, the adjective describing it must also be neuter, which is why we use zdrowe instead of the masculine zdrowy or feminine zdrowa.
Does smażenie have a perfective equivalent?
Yes! Verbal nouns keep the aspect of the verb they come from. Smażenie is formed from the imperfective verb smażyć, so it describes the general, ongoing process of frying. If you wanted to talk about the completed result of frying, you would use the perfective equivalent usmażenie.

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