Breakdown of Zasięg tego postu to kilkadziesiąt tysięcy osób.
ten
this (m)
to
is (linking copula)
osoba
person
tysiąc
thousand
zasięg
the range
post
post
kilkadziesiąt
several dozen
Questions & Answers about Zasięg tego postu to kilkadziesiąt tysięcy osób.
Why do we say kilkadziesiąt tysięcy instead of just using the basic plural tysiące?
Indefinite numerals like kilkadziesiąt (several dozen) require the noun that follows them to be in the Genitive plural case. Since tysiąc (thousand) acts like a noun in Polish, it takes its Genitive plural form: tysięcy.
What case is osób in, and why?
Osób is the Genitive plural of osoba (person). It is in the Genitive plural because it is being counted by the numeral phrase kilkadziesiąt tysięcy. Notice that to form the Genitive plural of this feminine noun, the final -a is dropped, and the 'o' changes to 'ó'.
Why is to used here to mean 'is' instead of jest?
When equating two noun phrases (like 'the reach' and 'several dozen thousand people'), Polish commonly uses to instead of jest. Using to is often preferred because it allows the phrase that follows to stay in the Nominative case. If you used jest, the complex numeral phrase would have to be in the Instrumental case, which is much harder to decline!
Why does the Genitive form of post end in -u (postu) instead of -a (posta)?
For masculine inanimate nouns, the Genitive singular ending can be either -a or -u. Modern foreign loanwords, especially those related to technology and the internet (like post, blog, or czat), almost always take the -u ending.
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