Breakdown of Musisz zapłacić kaucję, którą oddamy po roku.
musieć
to have to
rok
year
zapłacić
to pay (perfective)
który
which, who (relative)
po
after; for (to fetch)
oddać
to give back / to cast (a vote)
kaucja
deposit
Questions & Answers about Musisz zapłacić kaucję, którą oddamy po roku.
Why is the relative pronoun in the accusative case (którą) instead of the nominative (która)?
The pronoun refers back to the feminine noun kaucja (deposit), so it must be feminine. In the second clause, the deposit is the direct object that is being returned ("we will return which"). Therefore, it takes the accusative form którą to act as the object of the verb oddamy.
How do we know oddamy means "we will return" if it is conjugated like a present tense verb?
Oddać is a perfective verb, meaning it focuses on a completed result. In Polish, perfective verbs cannot be used to describe an ongoing present action. When you conjugate a perfective verb with present-tense endings (like the -my for "we"), it automatically forms the simple future tense.
Why is the word for "year" (rok) written as roku here?
When the preposition po is used temporally to mean "after" a certain amount of time or an event, it requires the following noun to be in the locative case. The locative form of rok is roku.
How does the prefix od- change the meaning of the verb oddamy?
The base of this verb is dać (to give). Adding the prefix od-, which often indicates a reversal or movement back, changes the verb to oddać (to give back / to return). This is the perfect verb to use for refunding a kaucja (deposit).
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