Word
Za tydzień kupimy towar od dużej hurtowni.
Meaning
In a week we will buy goods from a large wholesale store.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Za tydzień kupimy towar od dużej hurtowni.
duży
big
tydzień
week
kupić
to buy (perfective)
od
from
Questions & Answers about Za tydzień kupimy towar od dużej hurtowni.
Why do we use od here instead of z, which also means from?
When acquiring, buying, or receiving something from a person, company, or supplier (a source of goods), Polish uses od followed by the Genitive case. The preposition z is typically for physical movement out of a place. Since we are sourcing goods from a wholesale store (hurtownia), od is the correct choice.
Why is the ending for the wholesale store hurtowni and not hurtownii or hurtownie?
The base word is hurtownia. Feminine nouns ending in -nia generally take -ni in the Genitive singular if the word is of native Polish origin. The preposition od requires the Genitive, so it becomes od hurtowni.
Why does the adjective dużej end in -ej?
The adjective duża must match the noun it describes, hurtowni, which is in the Genitive feminine singular. In Polish, all feminine adjectives in the Genitive case take the -ej ending.
Why does the sentence use za tydzień to mean in a week instead of w tydzień?