Breakdown of Ten deptak jest otoczony drzewami.
być
to be
ten
this (m)
drzewo
tree
otoczyć
to surround
deptak
promenade
Questions & Answers about Ten deptak jest otoczony drzewami.
Why does otoczony end in -y instead of -a or -e?
otoczony is a passive adjectival participle meaning "surrounded." In Polish, these participles decline exactly like regular adjectives. Because it describes the subject deptak (a masculine noun in the nominative case), it takes the standard masculine nominative ending -y.
Why is it drzewami (instrumental case) when there is no preposition like z (with)?
In Polish passive sentences, the instrument or agent of the action (what the promenade is surrounded by) is expressed directly using the instrumental case with no preposition. drzewo (tree) in the plural instrumental is drzewami.
What kind of street is a deptak?
A deptak is specifically a pedestrian street, promenade, or boardwalk where cars are usually banned and people go for walks. It comes from the verb deptać, meaning "to tread" or "to trample."
Does the participle otoczony come from a perfective or imperfective verb?
It comes from the perfective verb otoczyć (to surround). Using a perfective participle here emphasizes a completed state: the promenade has been surrounded by the trees, and that is its current, finished condition.
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