Breakdown of Zamek będzie czynny od maja do września.
być
to be
do
to
maj
May
wrzesień
September
od
from
zamek
castle
czynny
open (for business)
Questions & Answers about Zamek będzie czynny od maja do września.
Why do we use the words maja and września here instead of maj and wrzesień?
The prepositions od (from) and do (to/until) both require the noun that follows them to take the Genitive case. Therefore, the base forms (Nominative) maj and wrzesień must change to their Genitive forms, maja and września.
Why does this sentence use czynny for 'open' instead of otwarty?
Czynny literally means 'active' or 'operational'. It is the standard Polish word used on signs and in schedules to say that a business, museum, or tourist attraction is open for visitors. Otwarty is usually reserved for things being physically open, like an open door or box.
What exactly happens to the spelling of wrzesień when it turns into września?
It loses its 'fleeting e' in the final syllable, which is very common in Polish masculine nouns when they change cases. When that e disappears, the spelling of the soft 's' sound adjusts: the sie turns into ś, giving us września.
Shouldn't the adjective after będzie be in the Instrumental case?
No, it stays in the Nominative case (czynny). You might be remembering that we use the Instrumental case after the verb być (to be) when linking to a noun (like 'He will be a doctor'). However, when być is followed only by an adjective describing the subject's state, that adjective usually stays in the Nominative.
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