Word
Idę po farby i nowy pędzel do malowania.
Meaning
I am going to get paints and a new brush for painting.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
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?