Czy jedna kopia dokumentu wystarczy?

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Breakdown of Czy jedna kopia dokumentu wystarczy?

• jeden: one
• kopia: the copy
• dokument: the document

Questions & Answers about Czy jedna kopia dokumentu wystarczy?

What does czy do in this sentence?

Czy is a yes/no question particle. It signals that the sentence is a question, similar to English whether in some contexts, but here it mainly works like a marker for “Is/Will...?”

So:

• Jedna kopia dokumentu wystarczy. = One copy of the document is/will be enough.
• Czy jedna kopia dokumentu wystarczy? = Will one copy of the document be enough?

In everyday Polish, czy is very common in neutral yes/no questions.

Why is it jedna and not jeden?

Because kopia is a feminine noun, and the numeral/adjective one must agree with it in gender.

Compare:

• jeden = masculine
• jedna = feminine
• jedno = neuter

Since kopia is feminine, we say:

• jedna kopia

This is just normal gender agreement in Polish.

Why is it dokumentu instead of dokument?