Mam darmowy bilet do kina.

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Breakdown of Mam darmowy bilet do kina.

• mieć: to have
• do: to
• kino: the cinema

Questions & Answers about Mam darmowy bilet do kina.

Why is there no subject pronoun like ja before mam?

In Polish you usually drop subject pronouns because the verb ending already tells you who’s doing the action. The -am ending in mam signals first person singular (“I have”), so adding ja is redundant unless you want extra emphasis.

What tense and person is mam, and what’s the infinitive?

Mam is the first person singular present tense of the verb mieć (“to have”). The infinitive form is mieć, so mam literally means “I have.”

Why does bilet stay in the form bilet? Shouldn’t it change?

Bilet is the direct object of mam, so it should be in the accusative case. Since bilet is an inanimate masculine noun, its nominative and accusative singular forms are identical. That’s why it remains bilet.

Why is the adjective darmowy used, and how does it agree with bilet?

Darmowy means “free” as an adjective. In Polish adjectives must match the noun they modify in gender, number, and case. Here bilet is masculine, singular, and (in this context) accusative, so darmowy also appears in the masculine singular form.