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Learn Hardcore Polish: Planeta jest daleko. - The planet is far away.

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Planeta jest daleko.

Word

Planeta jest daleko.

Meaning

The planet is far away.

Part of speech

sentence

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Polish

Lesson

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Questions & Answers about Planeta jest daleko.

Why is it daleko and not daleka?

Because daleko is an adverb, and in Polish you normally use it to say that something is far away:

Planeta jest daleko. = The planet is far away.
Dom jest daleko. = The house is far away.

Daleka is an adjective. It would describe a noun, for example:

daleka planeta = a distant planet

So in this sentence, Polish uses the adverb daleko, not an adjective agreeing with planeta.

Do I have to include jest here?

Yes, in normal standard Polish, jest is needed.

Polish usually does not omit the present-tense form of to be in ordinary sentences like this. So:

Planeta jest daleko. = correct
Planeta daleko. = not the normal full sentence; it may sound incomplete, very colloquial, or stylistically reduced

So if you are learning standard Polish, use jest.

What case is planeta in?

It is nominative singular.

That is because planeta is the subject of the sentence, and subjects are normally in the nominative case in Polish.

Also, planeta is a feminine noun.

So here:

planeta = nominative singular feminine

Why is there no word for or ?

the

a

Because Polish has no articles.

So planeta can mean:

a planet
the planet

The exact meaning depends on context. English forces you to choose a or the, but Polish usually does not.

How do you pronounce Planeta jest daleko?

A simple English approximation is:

plah-NEH-tah yest dah-LEH-koh

A few helpful points:

Planeta has stress on ne: pla-NE-ta
jest sounds roughly like yest
daleko has stress on le: da-LE-ko

Polish stress is usually on the second-to-last syllable, and that pattern appears in planeta and daleko.

Can I change the word order?

Yes, Polish word order is more flexible than English, but the neutral order here is:

Planeta jest daleko.

Other orders are possible, but they change the emphasis or sound more marked:

Daleko jest planeta. = possible, but more emphatic or literary
Jest daleko planeta. = unusual in ordinary speech

So as a learner, the safest and most natural version is Planeta jest daleko.

What exactly does daleko mean?

Daleko means far or far away.

It is the opposite of blisko (near).

Examples:

Planeta jest daleko. = The planet is far away.
Szkoła jest blisko. = The school is near.

You can also modify it:

bardzo daleko = very far
dość daleko = quite far

Can I say Planeta jest bardzo daleko?

Yes, absolutely.

That means The planet is very far away.

You can place adverbs like bardzo before daleko:

Planeta jest bardzo daleko.
To jest dość daleko.

So daleko works very naturally with words like bardzo, trochę, or dość.

How would I say The planet is far from Earth?

You would say:

Planeta jest daleko od Ziemi.

Here, od means from, and after od, Polish uses the genitive case.

So:

Ziemia → Ziemi

This is a very common pattern:

daleko od domu = far from home
daleko od miasta = far from the city

Could daleka planeta also be correct Polish?

Yes, but it means something slightly different in structure.

daleka planeta = a distant planet
Planeta jest daleko. = The planet is far away

So:

daleka is an adjective directly describing the noun
daleko is an adverb used in the sentence predicate

Both are correct, but they are not interchangeable in the same grammar pattern.

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