Questions & Answers about Ich małżeństwo jest nowe, ale mąż i żona dobrze się znają.
What does ich mean here, and where does it normally go in the sentence?
Ich means their. It is an invariable possessive pronoun: it does not change for gender, number or case.
- Ich małżeństwo = their marriage / their married couple
- Typical position: before the noun it modifies.
You could theoretically say małżeństwo ich, but that sounds old‑fashioned or stylistically marked. The neutral, everyday word order is:
- Ich małżeństwo jest nowe. – Their marriage is new.
Why is it małżeństwo jest nowe and not małżeństwo jest nowy?
In Polish, adjectives agree with the gender, number and case of the noun.
- małżeństwo is a neuter singular noun (even though it’s abstract, it grammatically behaves like it).
- The adjective nowy (“new”) in neuter singular nominative is nowe.
So:
- to małżeństwo – this marriage (neuter)
- jest nowe – is new (neuter)
Hence: Ich małżeństwo jest nowe.
What exactly does małżeństwo mean – “marriage” or “married couple”?
has two main meanings: