Breakdown of Ten fryzjer jest cierpliwy i zawsze pyta, jaką fryzurę wolę.
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Questions & Answers about Ten fryzjer jest cierpliwy i zawsze pyta, jaką fryzurę wolę.
Why does the sentence start with ten? Does it mean the or this?
Ten is a demonstrative pronoun, so it literally means this.
- ten fryzjer = this barber
- In natural translation, English might use the barber, but Polish often uses ten where English would not always use this so strongly.
Here it helps identify a specific barber: This barber is patient...
Because fryzjer is a masculine noun, the form is ten. Other genders would use different forms, such as ta or to.
Why is it fryzjer and not some other form after ten?
Because ten and fryzjer are both in the nominative singular masculine form.
In this sentence, fryzjer is the subject of the sentence:
- Ten fryzjer jest cierpliwy = This barber is patient
Since it is the subject, Polish uses the nominative case:
- ten = masculine nominative singular
- fryzjer = nominative singular
So the forms match grammatically.
Why is it jest cierpliwy and not just cierpliwy?