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Questions & Answers about Trening jest trudny.
How is Trening jest trudny pronounced?
Break it down word by word:
- Trening: TREH-ning (stress on the first syllable; “e” like in “get”)
- jest: yest (Polish j = English “y”)
- trudny: TROOD-nih (stress on the first syllable; u like “oo” in “food”; final y is a close central vowel [ɨ])
Why is there no word for the before trening?
Polish doesn’t use articles like a or the. Context or demonstratives (e.g. ten) tell you whether something is definite or indefinite.
What case is trening in, and why?
It’s in the nominative singular because trening is the subject of the sentence. In Polish, subjects—the “doer” of the verb—are in the nominative case.
Why does trudny end with -y?
Adjectives agree with their nouns in gender, number, and case. Trening is masculine singular nominative, so trudny takes the masculine singular nominative ending -y.
Could you put the adjective before the noun like in English?
You could say Trudny trening jest, but it sounds poetic or emphatic. The normal Polish order is subject–verb–adjective complement: Trening jest trudny.
Can I replace trudny with other words meaning “hard” or “difficult”?
Yes. Common synonyms include:
- Trening jest ciężki (“ciężki” = heavy, tough)
- Trening jest uciążliwy (“arduous, burdensome”)
Why isn’t there a pronoun like “it” in the sentence?
Polish doesn’t require a dummy pronoun for inanimate subjects. The noun trening itself is the subject, so you don’t need an extra on or ono (“he”/“it”).
How do I say “That training is hard”?
Add the demonstrative ten (masculine singular nominative):
Ten trening jest trudny.