Breakdown of Nie chcę nabyć tego od pośrednika.
to
this
nie
no / not
chcieć
to want
od
from
nabyć
to acquire
pośrednik
intermediary
Questions & Answers about Nie chcę nabyć tego od pośrednika.
Why do we use od pośrednika in this sentence?
The preposition od means 'from' and is used here to express the source of the purchase. It always requires the Genitive case, so the masculine noun pośrednik (intermediary/middleman) takes the -a ending to become pośrednika.
Why does the sentence use tego instead of to?
This is a great example of the Genitive of negation. Normally, the verb nabyć (to acquire) takes a direct object in the Accusative case (to). However, because the main conjugated verb is negated (nie chcę), the direct object of the attached infinitive must switch to the Genitive case, making it tego.
Is nabyć a perfective or imperfective verb?
Nabyć is a perfective verb. The speaker is talking about a single, completed act of acquiring the item. It works as a slightly more formal alternative to kupić (to buy).
If the negative applies to the acquiring, could I say chcę nie nabyć?
No, that would sound very unnatural, translating closer to 'I want to not acquire'. In Polish, when you want to say you don't want to do an action, you always negate the conjugated verb (chcę) rather than the infinitive (nabyć).
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