Mój pokój jest jasny.

to be

Breakdown of Mój pokój jest jasny.

• mój: my
• pokój: the room
• jasny: bright

Questions & Answers about Mój pokój jest jasny.

Why is mój spelled with ó instead of u, and how is it pronounced?

In modern Polish ó always has the sound /u/, identical to u. Historically it denoted a long “o,” but today you simply learn which words take ó (like mój) and which take u (like muzyka). Pronunciation of mój is [muj], roughly “mooy.”

How do you pronounce pokój and jasny, and where is the stress?

Polish stress almost always falls on the penultimate syllable.

• pokój has two syllables (PO-kój) and is pronounced [ˈpɔkuj], so stress on PO (“POH-kooy”).
• jasny has two syllables (jas-ny) and is pronounced [ˈjasnɨ], so stress on jas (“YAS-nih”).

Why does jasny end in -y and not -a or -e?

pokój is a masculine inanimate noun. In nominative singular, masculine adjectives take the ending -y (or sometimes -i). Feminine would be jasna, neuter jasne. Here we need masculine form jasny.

What are the grammatical roles of mój and pokój in this sentence?