Word
Wychowawca zorganizował obóz dla uczestników.
Meaning
The counselor organized the camp for the participants.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Wychowawca zorganizował obóz dla uczestników.
dla
for
zorganizować
to organize (perfective)
wychowawca
the counselor
obóz
the camp
Questions & Answers about Wychowawca zorganizował obóz dla uczestników.
The word wychowawca ends in -a, so why is the verb zorganizował in the masculine form?
Even though wychowawca (counselor/educator) ends in -a, it is a masculine personal noun. Because it refers to a male person, it takes the masculine verb form zorganizował. If the counselor were female, the noun would be wychowawczyni and the verb would be zorganizowała.
Why does the direct object obóz look exactly like its dictionary form?
Because obóz (camp) is a masculine inanimate noun. For masculine inanimate nouns, the Accusative case (used for direct objects) is always identical to the Nominative case (the dictionary form).
Why do we use the form uczestników here?
The preposition dla (for) always requires the Genitive case. The word uczestników is the Genitive plural of the masculine personal noun uczestnik (participant).
How would I fit a collective numeral from this lesson into this sentence, such as 'for five participants'?
If it is a mixed-gender group, you would use the collective numeral pięcioro. Since the preposition dla forces the Genitive case, both the numeral and the noun must be in the Genitive: dla pięciorga uczestników.