Breakdown of Znam tę złość bardzo dobrze.
ten
this (m)
bardzo
very
znać
to know (someone or something)
dobrze
well
złość
anger
Questions & Answers about Znam tę złość bardzo dobrze.
Why didn't złość change its ending in this sentence? I thought feminine nouns take an -ę ending in the accusative case.
Złość is one of the special feminine nouns that end in a consonant instead of -a. For these nouns, the accusative form (used here as the direct object of znam) is identical to the nominative form. They do not take the -ę ending.
If złość doesn't end in -ę, why does the word for "this" change to tę?
Because złość is grammatically feminine, any adjectives or pronouns attached to it must take feminine endings. The accusative form of the feminine pronoun ta (this) is always tę, even when the noun itself has a "zero ending" in the accusative.
Could I use wiem instead of znam to say "I know this anger"?
No, because wiedzieć (where wiem comes from) is strictly for knowing facts or pieces of information. For knowing or being familiar with people, places, objects, or feelings like złość, you must always use znać (znam).
Is złość related to the adjective zły?
Yes! It comes from zły, which means "bad" but also "angry." The suffix -ość is frequently added to adjectives to create abstract feminine nouns, much like "-ness" in English. This is also why almost all Polish nouns ending in -ość are feminine consonant nouns.
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