Breakdown of Mamy już adres odbiorcy i nadawcy.
i
and
mieć
to have
adres
address
już
already / anymore (with negation)
nadawca
sender
odbiorca
recipient
Questions & Answers about Mamy już adres odbiorcy i nadawcy.
How would the meaning change if we replaced już with dopiero?
Right now, już means already—it highlights that getting the addresses is a completed step. If you used dopiero instead, it would mean only just or not until now. For example, Mamy dopiero adres odbiorcy would mean We ONLY have the recipient's address (implying you are still waiting for the sender's address).
Why do odbiorcy and nadawcy end in -y? Aren't they masculine nouns?
They are masculine, but their dictionary forms end in -a: odbiorca (recipient) and nadawca (sender). In Polish, masculine nouns ending in -a borrow their singular endings from the feminine declension rules. Since we need the genitive case here to show possession (address OF THE recipient), the -a changes to -y.
The verb mamy (we have) takes the accusative case. Why does adres look like it's in the nominative dictionary form?
Adres actually is in the accusative case here! It is a masculine inanimate noun (a thing, not a person or animal). For masculine inanimate nouns, the accusative form is always identical to the nominative form.
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