Czy ty masz wózek?

Do you have a trolley?

Breakdown of Czy ty masz wózek?

• ty: you
• mieć: to have
• czy: question marker
• wózek: the trolley

Questions & Answers about Czy ty masz wózek?

What is the function of Czy in the sentence?

Czy is an interrogative particle used to form yes/no questions in Polish. It doesn’t translate directly into any English word, but it signals that what follows is a question. You can drop Czy and still understand it as a question by intonation and word order (e.g. Masz wózek?), but Czy makes the question explicit and is common in both spoken and written Polish.

Do I have to include ty in the sentence?

No, the subject pronoun ty (“you”) is optional because the verb ending -asz already indicates second person singular. Omitting ty is more natural in everyday speech: Czy masz wózek? You would include ty only for emphasis or clarity (“you, as opposed to someone else”).

Why is masz used here instead of posiadasz or another verb?

Masz is the present tense, second-person singular form of mieć (“to have”), which is the most common way to say “you have.” Posiadać is a more formal or literary synonym. While you could ask Czy posiadasz wózek?, it would sound stiff or overly formal in everyday conversation.

Is wózek in the nominative or accusative case?