Za miesiąc będziemy kupowali od tej hurtowni.
In a month we will be buying from this wholesale store.
Breakdown of Za miesiąc będziemy kupowali od tej hurtowni.
być
to be
ten
this (m)
kupować
to buy
miesiąc
month
od
from
za
behind; in (time)
hurtownia
wholesale store
Questions & Answers about Za miesiąc będziemy kupowali od tej hurtowni.
Why do we use od here instead of z for "from"?
In Polish, when you buy, borrow, take, or get something from a person or a business acting as a seller or source, you use od followed by the Genitive case. You would use z if you were talking about physically taking something out of a container or a place.
What case is tej hurtowni and what is its dictionary form?
It is in the Genitive case, which is triggered by the preposition od. The dictionary form (Nominative) is ta hurtownia (this wholesale store). Because hurtownia ends in -nia, its Genitive ending is -ni. The pronoun ta changes to tej in the Genitive.
Could I say będziemy kupować instead of będziemy kupowali?
Yes, absolutely! The imperfective future tense can be formed by combining the future forms of być (here: będziemy) with either the infinitive (kupować) or the past tense "l-participle" (kupowali). Both mean "we will be buying" and are completely interchangeable, though the -li form tells us the "we" group includes at least one man.
I learned that za means "behind". How does za miesiąc mean "in a month"?
While za followed by the Instrumental case means "behind" for physical locations, za followed by the Accusative case is used for future time expressions to mean "in [amount of time] from now". Therefore, za miesiąc means "in one month" or "a month from now".
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