Breakdown of Ciśnienie jest zbyt wysokie, zatem silnik może przestać działać.
być
to be
wysoki
tall / high (of a fee/price)
móc
to be able to
przestać
to stop
działać
to function
zbyt
too / excessively
silnik
engine
zatem
therefore (thus)
ciśnienie
pressure
Questions & Answers about Ciśnienie jest zbyt wysokie, zatem silnik może przestać działać.
Could I use więc instead of zatem in this sentence?
Yes, you could. Więc (so) and zatem (therefore) are often interchangeable when expressing consequences. However, zatem sounds slightly more formal and logical, making it a great fit for technical sentences like this one about engines and pressure.
Could I say za wysokie instead of zbyt wysokie?
Why do we have a perfective verb (przestać) followed by an imperfective one (działać)?
The verb przestać (to stop) is perfective here because the act of stopping is viewed as a single, completed event. However, the action that gets stopped, działać (to work or function), was an ongoing process, so it must be imperfective. You will always use an imperfective verb after przestać.
Why does the adjective wysokie end in -e?
It has to agree with the noun it describes, ciśnienie (pressure). Because ciśnienie is a neuter noun, the adjective takes the neuter nominative ending, which is -e.
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