Mam dobre przeczucie.

to have

Breakdown of Mam dobre przeczucie.

• dobry: good
• przeczucie: the intuition; hunch

Questions & Answers about Mam dobre przeczucie.

Why is it mam and not ja mam?

In Polish, the verb usually already tells you who the subject is, so ja is often omitted.

• mam = I have
• The ending -m shows it is 1st person singular

So Mam dobre przeczucie is a perfectly normal way to say I have a good feeling / hunch.

You can add ja for emphasis:

• Ja mam dobre przeczucie = I have a good feeling

That sounds more contrastive, as if you are stressing that you, specifically, feel that way.

What part of speech is mam?

Mam is the 1st person singular present tense form of the verb mieć (to have).

A few useful forms of mieć are:

• mam = I have
• masz = you have
• ma = he/she/it has
• mamy = we have
• macie = you all have
• mają = they have

So the sentence literally begins with I have.

Why is it dobre and not dobry or dobra?