Mój przyjaciel jest miły.

My friend is nice.

Breakdown of Mój przyjaciel jest miły.

• być: to be
• mój: my
• przyjaciel: the friend
• miły: nice

Questions & Answers about Mój przyjaciel jest miły.

Why is mój spelled with ó instead of u, and what does it mean?

mój is the masculine singular form of the possessive pronoun meaning my. In modern Polish ó and u both sound like /u/, but ó remains in certain words for historical reasons. You just have to memorize which words use ó and which use u.

Does mój change if the speaker is female, or does it depend on the gender of the friend?

Possessive pronouns in Polish agree with the gender, number and case of the noun they modify, not the speaker. Because przyjaciel (“friend”) is masculine, you say mój whether you’re a man or a woman. If your friend were female (przyjaciółka), you’d use moja.

Why is there no a or the in this sentence?

Polish does not have articles. You simply say Mój przyjaciel jest miły and that covers both “My friend is nice” and “A friend of mine is nice” or “The friend I was telling you about is nice” depending on context.

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