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Mimo że ta willa jest luksusowa, nie kupiłbym jej, nawet gdybym miał pieniądze.
Meaning
Even though this villa is luxurious, I wouldn't buy it even if I had the money.
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Breakdown of Mimo że ta willa jest luksusowa, nie kupiłbym jej, nawet gdybym miał pieniądze.
być
to be
ona
she / it (f)
mieć
to have
nie
no / not
Questions & Answers about Mimo że ta willa jest luksusowa, nie kupiłbym jej, nawet gdybym miał pieniądze.
How does the word gdybym work here? Why does it have an -m at the end?
In Polish hypothetical sentences, the personal ending attaches to the word gdyby (if). Since the speaker is a man saying 'if I had', we add the -m ending to make gdybym. The verb that follows just uses the third-person past tense form: miał. A woman would say gdybym miała.
Why is the main verb kupiłbym instead of just kupił?
The particle by creates the conditional mood, which translates to 'would' in English. Just like with gdybym, the first-person ending -m attaches to by, giving us -bym. It connects directly to the past tense form of the perfective verb, making kupiłbym (I would buy).
Why does the sentence use jej instead of ją? Isn't the villa the direct object?
Normally, buying a villa takes the accusative case (ją). However, because the verb is negated (nie kupiłbym), the direct object must change to the genitive case. The genitive form of the pronoun ona is jej. This rule is called the genitive of negation, and it applies to conditionals just like regular statements.
Could I say pomimo że instead of mimo że at the beginning?