To jest wielki most.

This is a big bridge.

Breakdown of To jest wielki most.

• być: to be
• to: this
• most: the bridge
• wielki: big

Questions & Answers about To jest wielki most.

What part of speech is to in To jest wielki most?

to is a demonstrative pronoun (invariable neuter form) used here as the grammatical subject of the copular construction “to jest …”.

Why is to in the neuter form when most (“bridge”) is masculine?

In the phrase to jest, to is part of a fixed expression and does not agree in gender with the predicate. It always remains neuter regardless of the noun that follows.

Can I use ten instead of to?

You cannot say “ten jest wielki most.” If you want to use ten (masculine “this”), you must change the word order to:
• Ten most jest wielki. (This bridge is big.)

Why is there no article before most?

Polish does not have definite or indefinite articles (no “a” or “the”). Whether a noun is definite or indefinite is understood from context, not from separate words.

Why wielki and not duży?