Breakdown of Czy walczycie o podwyżkę, czy apelujecie o poprawę warunków?
czy
or (in alternative questions)
warunek
condition
walczyć o
to fight for
podwyżka
pay rise
apelować o
to appeal for
poprawa
improvement
Questions & Answers about Czy walczycie o podwyżkę, czy apelujecie o poprawę warunków?
Both verbs here are followed by o. What case comes after it in this sentence?
It is the Accusative case. When verbs like walczyć (to fight) and apelować (to appeal) express a goal or request, they take the preposition o followed by the Accusative. That is why the feminine nouns podwyżka and poprawa change their endings to -ę, becoming o podwyżkę and o poprawę.
Why is czy used twice here? Doesn't it just act as a question marker?
The first czy is indeed the question marker that starts a yes/no question. However, the second czy translates to 'or'. When asking a question that offers a direct choice between options, Polish uses czy for 'or' instead of albo or lub. The structure Czy X, czy Y? simply means 'Are you doing X, or are you doing Y?'.
Why is the word for conditions in the form warunków?
It is in the Genitive case, specifically Genitive plural. While English says 'improvement in conditions', Polish literally says 'improvement of conditions' (poprawa warunków). The Genitive case is used here to link these two nouns together.
The plural word for conditions is warunki. How do we get the -ów ending in the Genitive plural?
The singular form is warunek (a condition), which is a masculine inanimate noun. Masculine nouns typically take the -ów ending in the Genitive plural. Notice also that the 'e' in warunek drops out when adding the ending because it is a fleeting vowel, giving us warunków.
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