Breakdown of Pomimo wojny Polska odzyskała niepodległość w dwudziestym wieku.
w
in / on (a day)
Polska
Poland
wiek
century
dwudziesty
twentieth
wojna
the war
pomimo
despite
odzyskać
to regain
niepodległość
the independence
Questions & Answers about Pomimo wojny Polska odzyskała niepodległość w dwudziestym wieku.
Why do we say w dwudziestym wieku instead of just using the base forms?
To say 'in a specific century', Polish uses the preposition w followed by the Locative case. The ordinal number dwudziesty (twentieth) changes to its Locative form dwudziestym, and the noun wiek (century) becomes wieku.
What case does the word wojny take after pomimo?
It takes the Genitive case. The preposition pomimo (despite) always requires the Genitive, which is why the base feminine noun wojna changes to wojny.
Why is the verb odzyskała used instead of the imperfective odzyskiwała?
Regaining independence is being described as a completed, successful action, so we need the perfective verb odzyskać. The ending is feminine to match the subject of the sentence, Polska, which is a feminine noun.
Why doesn't the word niepodległość change its ending if it is the object of the sentence?
It is actually in the Accusative case, but feminine nouns that end in a consonant, like niepodległość (independence), do not change their form in the Accusative. They look exactly the same as they do in their base Nominative dictionary form.
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