Breakdown of Musimy ratować wszystkich oprócz jego sobowtóra.
wszyscy
everyone / all (the)
musieć
to have to
jego
his, its
oprócz
except / besides
ratować
to save (rescue)
sobowtór
doppelgänger
Questions & Answers about Musimy ratować wszystkich oprócz jego sobowtóra.
Why do we use wszystkich instead of wszyscy for 'everyone'?
The verb ratować (to save) requires its direct object to be in the Accusative case. For masculine personal words, which includes mixed groups of people like 'everyone', the Accusative form is identical to the Genitive form, giving us wszystkich.
Why does sobowtór end in -a here?
The preposition oprócz (except) always forces the noun that follows it into the Genitive case. That is why the base word sobowtór takes the Genitive ending -a to become sobowtóra.
Does jego (his) change its ending to match the Genitive case of sobowtóra?
No, it doesn't. While possessives like mój (my) change to match the noun they describe, the third-person pronouns jego (his), jej (her), and ich (their) are completely frozen. They stay exactly the same no matter the case, gender, or number of the following word.
This lesson is about ten sam (the exact same one). Since a doppelgänger looks identical, how would I say 'He is the exact same person'?
You would use the feminine form to match the word for person: On jest tą samą osobą. Here, tą samą is in the Instrumental case because of the verb być (to be). If you just wanted to say 'He looks the same', you would use the adverb form instead: On wygląda tak samo.
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