Breakdown of Zamiast spotkania, mamy dzisiaj obchody zwycięstwa.
mieć
to have
dzisiaj
today
spotkanie
meeting (n)
zamiast
instead of
obchody
celebrations
zwycięstwo
victory
Questions & Answers about Zamiast spotkania, mamy dzisiaj obchody zwycięstwa.
Why do we use the form spotkania instead of spotkanie?
The word zamiast (instead of) is a preposition that always forces the following noun into the Genitive case. Since spotkanie (meeting) is a neuter noun, its Genitive form ends in -a, making it spotkania.
Is zwycięstwa also in the Genitive case?
Yes! Just like in English where we say celebrations OF the victory, Polish uses the Genitive case to show this connection between two nouns. The base neuter noun zwycięstwo (victory) becomes zwycięstwa.
What case is obchody (celebrations) in this sentence?
It is in the Accusative case because it is the direct object of the verb mamy (we have). For plural inanimate nouns like obchody, the Accusative form looks exactly the same as the Nominative.
Since this lesson contrasts Nominative and Genitive in dates, does the word dzisiaj trigger the Genitive here?
No, dzisiaj (today) is just an adverb of time and does not trigger any case changes on its own. The Genitive cases in this sentence are triggered by the preposition zamiast and the noun-to-noun connection in obchody zwycięstwa, completely independent of the word dzisiaj.
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