Breakdown of Dziennikarze winią rzecznika za zły wizerunek firmy.
zły
bad
firma
company
dziennikarz
journalist
za
for (thanks for)
rzecznik
the spokesperson
winić
to blame
wizerunek
the image
Questions & Answers about Dziennikarze winią rzecznika za zły wizerunek firmy.
Why do we use za zły wizerunek here, and what case is it?
The verb winić (to blame) requires the preposition za followed by the Accusative case to show the reason for the blame. Here, wizerunek (image) is a masculine inanimate noun, so its Accusative form is identical to its basic dictionary form.
Why does the word for spokesperson take the form rzecznika?
It is the direct object of winią (they blame), so it needs to be in the Accusative case. Because rzecznik is a masculine personal noun, its Accusative form borrows the Genitive -a ending.
Why does dziennikarz become dziennikarze in this sentence?
Dziennikarze is the plural Nominative form (journalists) because they are the subject of the sentence. Masculine personal nouns ending in -arz usually take the -e ending to form the plural, just like lekarz becomes lekarze.
Why is firmy placed at the very end of the sentence?
Firmy is in the Genitive case, meaning of the company. In Polish, a noun showing possession almost always directly follows the noun it belongs to, forming wizerunek firmy (the image of the company).
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