Word
Ci mężowie i ojcowie to nowi członkowie naszego klubu.
Meaning
These husbands and fathers are the new members of our club.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Ci mężowie i ojcowie to nowi członkowie naszego klubu.
i
and
ten
this (m)
nowy
new
ojciec
father
Questions & Answers about Ci mężowie i ojcowie to nowi członkowie naszego klubu.
Why do mężowie, ojcowie, and członkowie all end in -owie?
The -owie suffix is a special ending for the nominative plural of masculine personal (virile) nouns. It is typically used for family members (like ojciec and mąż), formal titles, and some professions or roles (like członek).
The singular forms are mąż, ojciec, and członek. Why do they change so much when we add -owie?
Polish often shifts or drops vowels when adding endings to the stem. In mąż, the ą shifts to an ę to become mężowie. Both ojciec and członek have a fleeting e in the final syllable, which drops out when a suffix is added, giving us ojcowie and członkowie.
Why do we use ci instead of te for "these"?
Because we are talking about a group of men. Ci is the nominative plural pronoun for masculine personal (virile) nouns. If this group didn't include any men, we would use the non-virile pronoun te.
Why is the adjective nowi instead of nowe?