To nie jest zwykły dzień w pracy.

to be

Breakdown of To nie jest zwykły dzień w pracy.

• to: this
• nie: not
• praca: the work

Questions & Answers about To nie jest zwykły dzień w pracy.

What does to mean at the beginning of the sentence?

Here to means something like this or it in English.

In sentences of the pattern To jest... / To nie jest..., Polish often uses to as a kind of neutral subject:

• To jest dom. = This is a house.
• To jest ważne. = This/It is important.

So in To nie jest zwykły dzień w pracy, to introduces the whole statement: This is not an ordinary day at work.

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Why is the negation nie jest?

In Polish, nie goes directly before the verb it negates.

So:

• jest = is
• nie jest = is not

That is the normal way to negate być (to be):

• To jest dobre. = This is good.
• To nie jest dobre. = This is not good.

So To nie jest... is the natural equivalent of This is not...

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Why is it dzień, not dniem?