Na szczęście w torbie leży oryginał i jedna kopia.

Luckily, in the bag there is the original and one copy.

Breakdown of Na szczęście w torbie leży oryginał i jedna kopia.

• w: in
• i: and
• torba: the bag
• jeden: one

Questions & Answers about Na szczęście w torbie leży oryginał i jedna kopia.

What does na szczęście mean? Is it literally on happiness / on luck?

Na szczęście is a fixed expression meaning fortunately or luckily.

Even though na often means on, you should treat na szczęście as one whole phrase. It is not understood word-for-word in normal speech.

So:

• Na szczęście = Fortunately / Luckily

Why is it w torbie and not w torba?

Because w means in here, and when Polish uses w for a static location, the noun usually goes into the locative case.

The base form is:

• torba = bag

After w for location:

• w torbie = in the bag

So the ending changes because of case:

• torba → torbie

Why is the verb leży used instead of jest?