Breakdown of Rura pękła w nocy i zalała całą łazienkę.
i
and
w
in / on (a day)
cały
whole, entire
noc
night
łazienka
bathroom
rura
pipe
pęknąć
to burst
zalać
to flood
Questions & Answers about Rura pękła w nocy i zalała całą łazienkę.
Why do the verbs pękła and zalała both end in -ła?
Both verbs are in the past tense and describe what the rura (pipe) did. Since rura is a feminine noun, the verbs must take the feminine third-person past tense ending -ła.
Why does the sentence use w nocy instead of just w noc?
W nocy is how you say "at night" in Polish. The preposition w takes the locative case here. Because noc is a feminine noun that ends in a consonant, its locative form is nocy.
Why is it całą łazienkę and not cała łazienka?
It is the direct object of the verb zalała (flooded), which means it requires the accusative case. For feminine singular words, the adjective cała gets the -ą ending and the noun łazienka gets the -ę ending.
Why does this sentence use the perfective verbs pękła and zalała?
These perfective verbs show that the actions are completely finished. The pipe burst once, and the flooding happened and is over. If you used the imperfective forms (pękała and zalewała), it would mean the pipe was in the process of bursting and was slowly flooding the bathroom over a period of time.
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