Breakdown of Wysyłka jest już gotowa, ale muszę wydrukować etykiety.
być
to be
ale
but
musieć
to have to
gotowy
ready
już
already / anymore (with negation)
wydrukować
to print (perfective)
wysyłka
shipping
etykieta
label
Questions & Answers about Wysyłka jest już gotowa, ale muszę wydrukować etykiety.
How would the meaning change if we used dopiero instead of już here?
Replacing już (already) with dopiero (only just) changes the focus. Wysyłka jest dopiero gotowa would mean the shipment is only just ready now, implying it took a long time or happened later than expected. Here, już gotowa implies the preparation is successfully completed and just waiting for the next step.
Why is the perfective verb wydrukować used after muszę instead of the imperfective drukować?
You use the perfective wydrukować because you need to complete the action of printing these specific labels from start to finish. If you used drukować, it would focus on the ongoing action of printing them, which doesn't fit the goal-oriented context of finishing a shipment.
Why is it gotowa instead of gotowy?
Adjectives must match the gender of the noun they describe. Wysyłka (shipment) is a feminine noun, so the word for ready takes the feminine ending to become gotowa.
What case is the word etykiety (labels) in?
It is in the accusative case because it is the direct object of the action wydrukować (to print). For plural nouns that do not refer to male persons, the accusative form is identical to the nominative plural form, which is why it looks exactly like the dictionary plural here.
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