Word
Mój brat już nie mieszka za granicą.
Meaning
My brother no longer lives abroad.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Mój brat już nie mieszka za granicą.
mój
my
brat
the brother
mieszkać
to live
za granicą
abroad
Questions & Answers about Mój brat już nie mieszka za granicą.
Why is it mój brat and not some other form of mój?
Because brat is a masculine singular noun and it is the subject of the sentence, so it is in the nominative case.
- mój = my
- brat = brother
The adjective/pronoun mój has to agree with the noun it describes:
- mój brat = my brother
- moja siostra = my sister
- moje dziecko = my child
So mój is simply the correct nominative masculine singular form here.
Why is there no word for the or a in the sentence?
Polish does not use articles like English a/an and the.
So:
- brat can mean a brother, the brother, or just brother
- mój brat naturally means my brother
The context tells you whether English should use a, the, or nothing.
What exactly does już nie mean here?