Breakdown of Nie wydadzą obywatelstwa, aż procedura się skończy.
nie
no / not
się
oneself
skończyć
to finish
aż
until (to the point that) / so that
wydać
to issue
procedura
procedure
obywatelstwo
citizenship
Questions & Answers about Nie wydadzą obywatelstwa, aż procedura się skończy.
Why is the future tense used in skończy when English says "is finished"?
In Polish, when talking about a one-time completed action in the future, you must use the perfective future tense, even after time words like aż (until). English often uses the present tense in these clauses (until it is finished), but Polish keeps it strictly in the future: aż się skończy (until it will finish).
Why is the word for citizenship in the form obywatelstwa instead of the basic form obywatelstwo?
This is a great example of the Genitive of Negation. The verb wydać usually takes a direct object in the accusative case, but when a sentence is made negative with nie, the object switches to the genitive case. Since obywatelstwo is a neuter noun, it takes the -a ending.
Why do we need the word się in aż procedura się skończy?
The verb skończyć (to finish) requires a direct object if it is used without się, such as when a person finishes a specific task. Because the procedure isn't finishing something else, but simply coming to an end, we add the reflexive pronoun się to show that it is ending on its own.
What is the aspect of wydadzą and why is it used here?
The base verb is wydać (to issue), which is perfective. It is used here in the future tense because the act of issuing the citizenship is viewed as a single, completed event that will eventually happen once the waiting period is over.
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