Questions & Answers about Dziecko obiegło jezioro dookoła.
Why doesn't jezioro need a preposition in front of it?
The prefix ob- on the verb obiegło already contains the meaning of going around or bypassing. Because of this prefix, the verb directly takes an object in the Accusative case (jezioro) without needing a preposition.
If obiegło already means "ran around", why is the word dookoła at the end of the sentence?
It is used for emphasis. Dziecko obiegło jezioro is grammatically complete on its own, but adding dookoła highlights that the child ran in a complete circle around the entire lake, rather than just bypassing it on one side.
Where does the g in obiegło come from if the basic verb for running is biec?
The base verb biec (to run) has an irregular past tense stem that brings out a -g: on biegł, ona biegła, ono biegło. When you add the prefix ob- to make it perfective, that past tense stem is kept, resulting in obiegło.
Since jezioro is a neuter noun, is it in the Nominative or Accusative case here?
It is in the Accusative case. Neuter nouns like jezioro look exactly the same in both the Nominative and Accusative cases. Here, it acts as the direct object of the verb obiegło.
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