Breakdown of Będę pić kawę, kiedy autobus odjedzie od przystanku.
być
to be
pić
to drink
kawa
coffee
kiedy
when
od
from
autobus
bus
przystanek
bus stop
odjechać
to drive away
Questions & Answers about Będę pić kawę, kiedy autobus odjedzie od przystanku.
Why do we use the word od twice in odjedzie od przystanku?
The prefix od- on the verb odjedzie means 'away from'. In Polish, verbs of motion with the od- prefix are usually paired with the preposition od (from) to specify what you are moving away from. The preposition od always requires the Genitive case, which is why we see przystanku here.
Why is the first verb będę pić but the second is just odjedzie?
This sentence contrasts two different types of future actions. Będę pić uses the imperfective future tense for an ongoing, continuous action ('I will be drinking'). Odjedzie is a perfective verb, so its present-tense form automatically creates a future meaning for a completed, one-time event ('it will drive away').
What is the base verb for odjedzie?
It comes from the perfective verb odjechać (to drive away), which is built from the prefix od- and the base motion verb jechać (to ride/drive by vehicle). Because jechać conjugates to jedzie in the 'he/she/it' form, adding the prefix gives us odjedzie.
Why does przystanek (bus stop) become przystanku?
The word przystanek has what we call a 'fleeting e'. When a word like this changes grammatical cases—here, into the Genitive case after the preposition od—that final e drops out before the new ending is added. That makes it przystanku instead of przystaneku.
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