Mój bilet powrotny jest drogi.

to be

Breakdown of Mój bilet powrotny jest drogi.

• mój: my
• bilet: the ticket
• drogi: expensive

Questions & Answers about Mój bilet powrotny jest drogi.

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

In Polish, possessive adjectives like mój agree with the gender and number of the noun.

• bilet is a masculine singular noun.
• The masculine singular form of my is mój.

Other forms of my are:

• moja – feminine singular (e.g. moja książka – my book)
• moje – neuter singular (e.g. moje okno – my window)
• moi – masculine personal plural (e.g. moi koledzy – my (male) friends)
• moje – non-masculine-personal plural (e.g. moje psy – my dogs)

So with bilet (masculine singular), you must use mój.

What does powrotny literally mean, and why is it after bilet?