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- "Ona lubi tę zupę."
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Why is the answer "tę zupę" and not "ta zupa"? My understanding is that the "tę" is being used in the accusative case -- that is, it's referencing the object. That being said, if we switched this sentence around to say "This soup is the soup she likes", would we start the sentence with "Ta zupa"?
Ta becomes tę in the accusative case. Ta zupa jest smaczna → Ona lubi tę smaczną zupę.
This soup is the soup she likes - hm, it would be Ta zupa to zupa, którą ona lubi. It sounds completely unnatural, but yes, it starts with ta zupa.
Or one could also say: "Ta zupa jest lubianą przez nią zupą" - This soup is the soup (that's) being liked by her.... And so on. But come on, such construction would be found only in some public speeches or in literature. :)
And generally - indeed - in this case we have subject + verb + direct object (ta zupa), thus we must alter it into tę zupę.
Right, I'd never say that, but I'm just trying to understand the switch from "ta" to "tę" which you explained perfectly. Thank you :)
So, why does Duolingo teach us in the part of the grammatic of this lesson, that "ta" is for nominative and "tą" for acusative?
For singular feminine nouns only,
Nominative case is ta.
Accusative case is tę.
Instrumental case is tą.
The other cases are tej.
Why doesn't smaczną stay as smaczne since tę And zupę end with an e?
Here is the full chart of declension for smaczny. Under "declension of smaczny"
