Breakdown of Po obiedzie archeolodzy spacerują po ruinach.
obiad
dinner / lunch (midday meal)
spacerować
to walk (stroll)
po
along, on (a surface)
ruina
ruin
Questions & Answers about Po obiedzie archeolodzy spacerują po ruinach.
Why is the plural of archeolog spelled archeolodzy?
Because archeolog is a masculine personal noun. Just like the -anin nouns you might be studying in this lesson, it requires a special nominative plural form. For masculine personal nouns ending in -g, the plural changes the consonant to -dz before adding the -y ending, making it archeolodzy.
The word po appears twice in this sentence. Does it take the same grammatical case both times?
Yes, in both po obiedzie and po ruinach, the preposition po is followed by the locative case. However, its translation changes based on context: po obiedzie refers to time (after lunch), while po ruinach refers to scattered movement across a surface (around or all over the ruins).
Why does the a in obiad change to an e in obiedzie?
This is a vowel shift that happens in certain Polish nouns when adding endings. Because the preposition po requires the locative case, we add an -e ending to the noun. This softens the preceding consonant and forces the a in the root of obiad to shift to an e, resulting in obiedzie.
What is the base form of spacerują, and why does it have an -ują ending here?