Questions & Answers about Jej dom jest piękny.
What part of speech is jej and what does it mean?
jej is the third-person singular feminine possessive pronoun, meaning her. It shows that something belongs to a female person.
Does jej change form for gender, number or case of the noun it modifies?
No. When used as a possessive pronoun, jej is indeclinable. It stays jej regardless of the gender, number or case of the noun that follows.
What case is dom in, and why?
dom is in the nominative case because it functions as the subject of the verb jest. Polish uses the nominative for subjects.
What gender is dom, and how do you know?
dom is a masculine inanimate noun. In Polish, most nouns ending in a consonant are masculine (unless they denote female beings), and adjectives agree with that gender.
Why does the adjective piękny end in -y?
Adjectives must agree in gender, number and case with their nouns. Since dom is masculine singular nominative, piękny takes the masculine singular nominative ending -y.