Breakdown of Czy krawcowa zwęzi mi je jutro?
czy
[question particle]
mi
to me
jutro
tomorrow
je
them / it (neuter)
krawcowa
dressmaker
zwęzić
to narrow
Questions & Answers about Czy krawcowa zwęzi mi je jutro?
Why do we say mi je instead of je mi in this sentence?
When multiple short pronouns (clitics) pile up together, Polish has a strict ordering rule: Dative pronouns (indirect objects, like mi meaning for me) almost always come before Accusative or Reflexive pronouns (direct objects, like je meaning them).
Could I put mi je at the very end of the sentence, like Czy krawcowa zwęzi jutro mi je?
No, that would sound unnatural. Polish strongly avoids putting short pronouns at the absolute end of a sentence. Furthermore, clitics like mi and je prefer to stick close to the verb. Placing them right after the verb and keeping jutro at the end perfectly satisfies all these placement rules.
Where does the verb zwęzi come from?
It comes from the infinitive zwęzić, meaning to narrow or to take in clothing. It is formed from the adjective wąski (narrow). Since it is a perfective verb representing a completed action, using its present-tense conjugation (zwęzi) automatically creates the future tense: she will take in.
Krawcowa is a noun, but does its ending mean it behaves differently in grammar?
Yes! Even though krawcowa (dressmaker) is a noun, it has an adjectival ending and declines exactly like an adjective. For example, if you wanted to say I see the dressmaker, you would use the accusative adjective ending: Widzę krawcową.
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