Moja piżama leży na łóżku.

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Breakdown of Moja piżama leży na łóżku.

• na: on
• łóżko: the bed
• leżeć: to lie

Questions & Answers about Moja piżama leży na łóżku.

Why is it moja piżama and not mój piżama or moje piżama?

In Polish, possessive pronouns must agree with the noun in gender, number, and case.

• piżama is a feminine singular noun in the nominative case.
• The feminine nominative singular form of “my” is moja.

Other forms of “my” for comparison:

• mój – masculine singular (e.g. mój sweter – my sweater)
• moja – feminine singular (e.g. moja piżama – my pajamas)
• moje – neuter singular or non‑masculine‑personal plural (e.g. moje łóżko – my bed, moje spodnie – my trousers)

So moja piżama is the only grammatically correct choice here.

In English we say “pajamas” in the plural. Why is piżama singular in Polish?

Languages divide up “clothing items” differently.

• In English, pajamas is grammatically plural, even though it’s one set.
• In Polish, piżama is treated as one item, so it’s singular.

You use the plural piżamy only when you mean several sets:

• Moja piżama leży na łóżku. – My pajamas are on the bed. (one set)
• Moje piżamy leżą na łóżku. – My pajamas are on the bed. (several different pajamas)

So the singular piżama is the normal way to refer to one set of pajamas in Polish.