Breakdown of Mamy tę samą wersję wydarzeń.
mieć
to have
wydarzenie
event
wersja
version
ten sam
the exact same one [f: ta sama, n: to samo]
Questions & Answers about Mamy tę samą wersję wydarzeń.
Why is it tę samą and not tą samą?
The verb mamy (we have) requires a direct object in the Accusative case. The feminine noun wersja becomes wersję. The phrase ta sama (the same) must match this. The feminine Accusative of the pronoun ta is tę. The adjective sama takes the standard Accusative ending -ą to become samą. While you might hear native speakers mistakenly say tą samą here, tę samą is the strictly correct form!
Doesn't sama usually mean 'alone' or 'by herself'?
Yes! When used on its own, sama means 'alone' (for a feminine subject). However, when paired directly with a demonstrative pronoun like ta (this), the phrase ta sama completely changes its meaning to 'the exact same'.
Why do the two nouns in this sentence have different endings (wersję vs wydarzeń)? Are they in different cases?
Exactly. They are in two different cases doing two different jobs. Wersję is in the Accusative case because it is the direct object of the verb mamy (we have a version). Wydarzeń is in the Genitive case because it means 'of events' and describes the version. It is very common to have an Accusative object immediately followed by a Genitive descriptor.
How did the neuter noun wydarzenie (event) become wydarzeń?
Wydarzeń is the Genitive plural form, meaning 'of events'. For neuter nouns ending in -enie, the Genitive plural is formed by dropping the final vowels and softening the last consonant, which changes the ni sound to an ń.
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