Breakdown of Moja kurtka jest ciepła i wygodna.
być
to be
mój
my
i
and
wygodny
comfortable
ciepły
warm
kurtka
the jacket
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Questions & Answers about Moja kurtka jest ciepła i wygodna.
Why is the possessive pronoun moja used here instead of mój or moje?
Because kurtka is a feminine noun in the nominative singular, the possessive pronoun must agree in gender, number, and case.
- moja = feminine singular nominative
- mój = masculine singular nominative
- moje = neuter singular nominative (and also plural in some contexts)
Why is kurtka in the nominative case rather than the accusative?
In Polish, the subject of a sentence appears in the nominative case. Here kurtka is the subject of jest (“is”), so it stays in the nominative. The accusative would be used if the jacket were a direct object, e.g. “I see the jacket” → Widzę kurtkę.
Why do the adjectives ciepła and wygodna end in -a?
Adjectives in Polish must agree with the noun they describe in gender, number, and case.
- kurtka is feminine, singular, nominative.
- Feminine singular nominative adjectives typically end in -a.
Thus ciepła (warm) and wygodna (comfortable).
Can I swap the order of the adjectives and say Moja kurtka jest wygodna i ciepła?
Yes. Polish allows you to reverse coordinate adjectives:
- Moja kurtka jest ciepła i wygodna.
- Moja kurtka jest wygodna i ciepła.
Both mean “My jacket is warm and comfortable,” with no change in meaning.
Is the verb jest mandatory in this sentence? Can I say Moja kurtka ciepła i wygodna?
In standard Polish, you normally include jest to form the present‐tense “to be” construction. Omitting it (ellipsis) sounds very colloquial or poetic and is less common than in some other Slavic languages.
Preferred: Moja kurtka jest ciepła i wygodna.
How would I express a comparison, like “My jacket is warmer and more comfortable”?
Use comparative adjectives:
- cieplejszy / cieplejsza = warmer
- wygodniejszy / wygodniejsza = more comfortable
Since kurtka is feminine:
Moja kurtka jest cieplejsza i wygodniejsza.
Where is the stress placed in each word of Moja kurtka jest ciepła i wygodna?
Polish words are almost always stressed on the penultimate (second‐to‐last) syllable:
- Moja → MO-ja
- kurtka → KURT-ka
- jest → JEST (only one syllable)
- ciepła → CIEP-ła
- i → i (one syllable)
- wygodna → WY-god-na