Breakdown of Gazeta, w której czytam wiadomości, to dobre źródło.
czytać
to read
gazeta
newspaper
dobry
good
w
in / on (a day)
to
is (linking copula)
który
which, who (relative)
wiadomość
message / news
źródło
source
Questions & Answers about Gazeta, w której czytam wiadomości, to dobre źródło.
Why is it w której instead of just która?
The pronoun który (which) has to match the noun it describes in gender, but its case depends on its role in its own clause. Here, it refers back to gazeta (feminine), and because it follows the preposition w (in), it must take the Locative case: w której (in which).
Why does the sentence use to for 'is' instead of jest?
When equating two nouns in the Nominative case (newspaper = source), Polish often uses the pronoun to instead of a form of the verb być (to be). If you ignore the descriptive clause in the middle, the core sentence is simply Gazeta to dobre źródło.
Is wiadomości singular or plural here?
It is plural. The singular form is wiadomość (a message or a single piece of news). Just like in English, Polish usually refers to 'the news' as a broad concept in the plural. Here, it is in the Accusative case because it is the direct object of the verb czytam.
Since the lesson is about sources and opinions, how would I use według with this sentence's vocabulary?
This sentence literally describes a newspaper as a źródło (source). If you wanted to express a fact or opinion derived from it using the current lesson's grammar, you would use według + Genitive. For example: Według tej gazety... (According to this newspaper...) or Według dobrego źródła... (According to a good source...).
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