Droga do domu jest długa.

to be

Breakdown of Droga do domu jest długa.

• dom: the house
• do: to
• długi: long

Questions & Answers about Droga do domu jest długa.

Why is there no the or a before droga?

Polish does not use definite or indefinite articles like the or a. Nouns appear on their own, so droga simply means “road” or “way” without any article.

What case is domu and why is it used after do?

domu is the genitive form of dom (“home”). The preposition do (“to” or “toward”) always requires the genitive case, so do domu means “to home.”

Why does długa end with -a instead of -y or -i?

In Polish adjectives agree in gender, number and case with the nouns they describe. Droga is feminine, singular, nominative—so the matching adjective form is długa (ending in -a). Masculine or neuter nouns would take długi or długie instead.

What part of speech is jest and what does it do here?

jest is the third person singular present tense of the verb być (“to be”). It acts as a copula, linking the subject Droga do domu with the predicate adjective długa.