Breakdown of Czy te psy też biegają dookoła karuzeli i zjeżdżalni?
pies
dog
i
and
czy
[question particle]
ten
this (m)
biegać
to run
też
also, too
dookoła
around
karuzela
the merry-go-round
zjeżdżalnia
the slide
Questions & Answers about Czy te psy też biegają dookoła karuzeli i zjeżdżalni?
Why are karuzeli and zjeżdżalni in the Genitive case here?
The preposition dookoła (around) always requires the noun that follows it to be in the Genitive case.
How do we form the Genitive for karuzela and zjeżdżalnia?
The dictionary forms are karuzela (merry-go-round) and zjeżdżalnia (slide). Usually, feminine nouns ending in -a take -y in the Genitive, but because the stems end in soft consonants (-l- and -ni-), they both take the ending -i instead.
Why does the sentence use biegają instead of biegną?
Biegają is a form of biegać, which is a multi-directional verb of motion. We use it here because the dogs are running around in circles. If they were running in one straight line towards a specific destination, we would use biegną.
Why is the word for 'these' te instead of ci for psy (dogs)?
Although a dog is a masculine noun, only groups including human males get the special masculine-personal forms in the plural (like ci). For animals and objects, we use the non-masculine-personal plural form te.
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