Breakdown of Nikt nie poszedł poza królestwo.
nie
no / not
pójść
to go (on foot)
nikt
nobody
poza
outside (of something)
królestwo
kingdom
Questions & Answers about Nikt nie poszedł poza królestwo.
What case does poza take here, and why?
Because the verb poszedł shows motion to a new location, the preposition poza takes the Accusative case here to express going beyond a limit. If there was no motion and someone was just standing outside the kingdom, poza would take the Instrumental case instead.
If królestwo is in the Accusative case, why does it look exactly like the dictionary form?
The word królestwo is a neuter noun. In Polish, all neuter nouns have the exact same form in the Accusative case as they do in their Nominative (dictionary) form.
Why are there two negative words, nikt and nie, in this sentence?
Polish requires double negatives. Whenever you use a negative word like nikt (nobody) or nic (nothing), you must also put nie directly in front of the verb. A literal translation would be "Nobody didn't go."
Why does nikt trigger the masculine singular past tense form poszedł?
Pronouns like nikt (nobody) and ktoś (somebody) are grammatically masculine singular. Even if you are talking about a group of women who didn't go, you must still use the masculine singular verb form poszedł so it agrees with the pronoun itself.
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