Breakdown of Chcę, żebyśmy negocjowali nowe ustępstwa.
nowy
new
chcieć
to want
żeby
so that, in order to
negocjować
to negotiate
ustępstwo
the concession
Questions & Answers about Chcę, żebyśmy negocjowali nowe ustępstwa.
How does the word żebyśmy work here?
Żebyśmy combines the conjunction żeby (so that) with the personal ending -śmy (we). When expressing "I want us to do something", Polish literally says "I want so that we did something". The ending for "we" detaches from the verb and attaches directly to żeby.
Why is negocjowali in the past tense form if this is about a present or future desire?
Can I leave the ending on the verb and say żeby negocjowaliśmy?
No. While personal endings in the regular past tense can sometimes float around the sentence, words like żeby and gdyby act like strong magnets. They force the personal ending to attach to them, making żeby negocjowaliśmy grammatically incorrect.
What case is nowe ustępstwa and what is its singular form?
It is in the accusative case because it is the direct object of the verb. The singular form is ustępstwo (concession), which is a neuter noun. In the nominative and accusative plural, neuter nouns end in -a, giving us ustępstwa, paired with the non-masculine-personal plural adjective nowe.
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