Questions & Answers about Przed domem jest drzewo.
After the preposition przed (when it indicates location), Polish requires the instrumental case. The base noun dom (house) becomes domem in the instrumental.
• Nominative (subject): dom
• Instrumental (with przed): domem
We use jest (3rd person singular of być) because we’re talking about one tree:
• One tree → Przed domem jest drzewo.
• More trees → Przed domem są drzewa. (you’d switch to plural są)
Yes, you can.
• Przed domem jest drzewo. is the neutral, most common order for existential sentences.
• Drzewo jest przed domem. shifts the focus onto the tree (“The tree is in front of the house”), so it sounds a bit more emphatic or like an answer to “Where is the tree?”
You’d switch to plural and use the correct numeral form:
Przed domem są dwa drzewa.
Here:
• są – plural of jest
• dwa – “two” in nominative (agrees with drzewa)