Breakdown of W tym samym wymiarze mamy tę samą przeszłość.
mieć
to have
w
in / on (a day)
ten sam
the exact same one [f: ta sama, n: to samo]
wymiar
dimension
przeszłość
past
Questions & Answers about W tym samym wymiarze mamy tę samą przeszłość.
Why is it tym samym wymiarze and not ten sam wymiar?
The preposition w (in) requires the Locative case here. Since wymiar (dimension) is a masculine inanimate noun, the phrase ten sam changes to its Locative masculine form, which is tym samym. The noun itself also takes the Locative ending, becoming wymiarze.
Why does the sentence use tę samą instead of tą samą? I often hear tą in spoken Polish.
The verb mamy (we have) requires the Accusative case for its direct object. While you will frequently hear native speakers say tą samą przeszłość in casual speech, the strictly correct, formal Accusative form of the pronoun ta is tę. The adjective part sama, however, takes the standard -ą ending in the Accusative, giving us the grammatically correct tę samą.
Przeszłość ends in a consonant. How do we know to use the feminine phrase tę samą with it?
Abstract nouns ending in the suffix -ość, like przeszłość (the past), miłość (love), or przyszłość (the future), are almost always feminine in Polish. Even though it doesn't end in the typical feminine -a, it still requires feminine adjectives and pronouns.
What is the base form of wymiarze and why did the spelling change so much?
The dictionary form (Nominative case) is wymiar (dimension). When forming the Locative case for masculine nouns ending in -r, the final consonant undergoes a standard spelling mutation to -rz before adding the -e ending, which is why wymiar becomes wymiarze.
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