Intensywny trening po pracy jest trudny.

An intensive workout after work is hard.

Breakdown of Intensywny trening po pracy jest trudny.

• być: to be
• trudny: difficult
• po: after
• praca: the work

Questions & Answers about Intensywny trening po pracy jest trudny.

Why is intensywny used here and not intensywny trening with some extra ending or something? How does the adjective agree with trening?

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

• trening is:
  • masculine
  • singular
  • in the nominative case (it’s the subject of the sentence)

So the adjective must also be:

• masculine
• singular
• nominative

For a regular masculine adjective like intensywny, the nominative singular ending is -y:

• intensywny trening – intensive training (masc. sg. nom.)
• nowy trening – new training
• długi trening – long training

If the noun were feminine or neuter, the adjective would change:

• intensywna sesja (feminine)
• intensywne ćwiczenie (neuter)

Here, intensywny matches trening in all three categories, so this form is required.

Why is there no word for a or the like in English? How do I know if this is “an intensive training” or “the intensive training”?