Basen jest bezpłatny i mogą państwo z niego korzystać.
The pool is free of charge and you can use it.
Breakdown of Basen jest bezpłatny i mogą państwo z niego korzystać.
być
to be
i
and
państwo
ladies and gentlemen / you (formal plural)
móc
to be able to
basen
swimming pool (m)
niego
him, it (after a preposition)
bezpłatny
free of charge
korzystać z
to use (derive benefit from, take advantage of)
Questions & Answers about Basen jest bezpłatny i mogą państwo z niego korzystać.
Why does this sentence use mogą (they can) if the English translation says "you can"?
When addressing a group of people formally, Polish uses the noun państwo (ladies and gentlemen). Even though it means "you" in this context, it grammatically requires the third-person plural ("they") form of the verb, which is mogą.
Why do we use the preposition z here to say "use it"?
The Polish verb korzystać (to use, to benefit from) requires the preposition z followed by the Genitive case. Literally, the phrase translates to "benefiting from" the pool.
Why is the pronoun niego used instead of jego?
When a third-person pronoun like jego directly follows a preposition like z, Polish adds an n- to the beginning of the pronoun to make it easier to pronounce. Therefore, z jego becomes z niego. It is masculine Genitive here because it refers back to basen.
Is there a difference between bezpłatny and darmowy?
Both words mean "free of charge" and can be used interchangeably in this sentence. Bezpłatny literally means "without payment" and sounds slightly more formal, which matches perfectly with the polite, formal tone of państwo.
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