Hotel jest blisko parku.

to be

Breakdown of Hotel jest blisko parku.

• park: the park
• blisko: near
• hotel: the hotel

Questions & Answers about Hotel jest blisko parku.

Why is there no article before Hotel?

Polish does not use definite or indefinite articles like the or a. You simply say Hotel to mean “the hotel” or “a hotel” depending on context.

What role does jest play in this sentence?

Jest is the third-person singular present form of the verb być (“to be”). Here it links the subject (Hotel) to the location phrase (blisko parku), so it means “is.”

Why is parku in this form instead of park?

After the preposition blisko (“near/close to”), the noun must take the genitive case. The genitive of park is parku, so you get blisko parku.

Could I say Hotel blisko parku without jest?

In casual speech you might hear Hotel blisko parku, but standard Polish requires jest in full sentences to form the present tense of “to be.”

Can I change the word order to Blisko parku jest hotel?

Yes. Polish allows flexible word order. Putting Blisko parku first emphasizes the location (“It’s near the park that the hotel is”).