Breakdown of Idę po farby i nowy pędzel do malowania.
i
and
nowy
new
iść
to go
po
after; for (to fetch)
malowanie
painting (action)
farba
paint
pędzel
brush
do
for (purpose)
Questions & Answers about Idę po farby i nowy pędzel do malowania.
Why do we use the noun form do malowania instead of the verb infinitive do malować?
In Polish, prepositions like do (for) must be followed by a noun or pronoun, never an infinitive verb. To say 'for painting', you have to turn the verb malować into the verbal noun malowanie (painting) and then use the correct case.
How do we form the genitive case for the verbal noun malowanie?
Verbal nouns in Polish are regular neuter nouns ending in -nie or -cie. They decline exactly like the noun mieszkanie (apartment). Since the preposition do requires the genitive case, the -e at the end of malowanie changes to -a, giving us do malowania.
Why is po farby translated as 'to get paints'?
When you go somewhere with the intention of bringing something back, Polish uses the preposition po followed by the accusative case. It is the standard way to express running an errand to fetch or pick something up.
Why do farby (paints) and nowy pędzel (new brush) look like they are in the nominative dictionary form?
They are actually in the accusative case because they follow the preposition po. However, for inanimate objects like a brush (pędzel) and non-masculine-personal plurals like paints (farby), the accusative form is identical to the nominative form.
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