Breakdown of Chociaż produkcja jest szybka, każdy produkt jest testowany.
być
to be
szybki
fast
produkt
product
chociaż
although
Questions & Answers about Chociaż produkcja jest szybka, każdy produkt jest testowany.
How do we form the passive participle testowany from the verb testować?
For verbs ending in -ować, forming the passive participle is very straightforward. You simply take the infinitive testować (to test), drop the final -ć, and add the suffix -ny. Because it acts like an adjective, it takes the masculine ending here to match the masculine noun produkt.
Is jest testowany the standard way to form the passive voice in Polish?
Yes! Just like in English, the Polish passive voice is formed using an auxiliary verb (in this case, być conjugated as jest) plus the passive participle testowany. We use it here because the focus is on the fact that the product is being tested, not on who is doing the testing.
Why does the sentence use the ending -a for szybka but -y for testowany?
Passive participles act exactly like adjectives, meaning they must match the gender of the noun they describe. Produkcja is a feminine noun, so it takes the feminine adjective szybka. Produkt is a masculine noun, so the participle takes the masculine ending -y to become testowany.
Could I use mimo że instead of chociaż at the beginning of the sentence?