To oczywiste, kto jest zwycięzcą.

to be

Breakdown of To oczywiste, kto jest zwycięzcą.

• to: this
• kto: who
• zwycięzca: the winner

Questions & Answers about To oczywiste, kto jest zwycięzcą.

What does to mean at the beginning of the sentence?

Here to works like it / this / that in a general statement. In Polish, sentences like To ważne, To ciekawe, To oczywiste are very common and mean It’s important, It’s interesting, It’s obvious.

So To oczywiste is basically It’s obvious.

Why is it oczywiste and not oczywisty?

Because oczywiste agrees with to, which is treated as neuter singular in this kind of structure.

The adjective oczywisty has these basic forms:

• oczywisty — masculine
• oczywista — feminine
• oczywiste — neuter

So:

• To jest oczywiste = It is obvious

Is jest missing in To oczywiste?

Yes, you can think of it that way. Polish often omits jest (is) in short present-tense statements of this type.

So both are possible:

• To oczywiste.
• To jest oczywiste.

The version without jest is very natural and common. The version with jest can sound a little more explicit or emphatic.

Why is there a comma before kto?