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No. 2,375 in Polish

zakazu

"Zakazu" means "prohibition" or "ban."

In a sentence

  • Polski rząd wprowadził zakazu palenia w miejscach publicznych.

    The Polish government implemented a ban on smoking in public places.

    The word 'zakazu' is used in its genitive case form, referring to 'a ban' introduced by an authority.

  • Nie rozumiem zakazu wprowadzania zwierząt do tego parku.

    I do not understand the prohibition of bringing animals into this park.

    Here, 'zakazu' is again in the genitive case, describing the prohibition posed regarding a specific action.

  • Od czasu zakazu parkowania, ulice są mniej zatłoczone.

    Since the parking ban, the streets are less crowded.

    In this example, 'zakazu' relates to a prohibition on an activity (in this case, parking), expressed in the genitive case due to its functional dependence on temporal phrase structure.

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