Breakdown of Za tydzień kupimy towar od dużej hurtowni.
duży
big
tydzień
week
kupić
to buy (perfective)
od
from
za
behind; in (time)
towar
goods
hurtownia
wholesale store
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?
To express that an event will happen a certain amount of time from now (like one week from today), Polish uses za plus the Accusative case. If you used w plus the Accusative (w tydzień), it would mean the action takes a whole week to complete.
Why use kupimy instead of kupujemy?
kupimy is the perfective future tense, meaning a completed future action. Because this is a specific, one-time purchase happening next week, we use the perfective aspect. kupujemy is imperfective, meaning we are buying right now or on a regular basis.
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