Po deszczu często wychodzi słońce.

the sun

Breakdown of Po deszczu często wychodzi słońce.

• często: often
• po: after
• deszcz: the rain

Questions & Answers about Po deszczu często wychodzi słońce.

Why is it po deszczu and not po deszcz?

Because po in the sense of after is followed by the locative case in Polish.

• deszcz = rain
• po deszczu = after the rain / after rain

So deszcz changes to deszczu because of the preposition po.

A useful pattern is:

• po obiedzie = after dinner
• po pracy = after work
• po filmie = after the film

In this sentence, po deszczu is a fixed, very natural way to say after rain or after the rain.

What case is deszczu?

It is the locative singular.

The dictionary form is deszcz. After po meaning after, Polish uses the locative:

• nominative: deszcz
• locative: deszczu

For this noun, the locative form happens to end in -u.

Why is there no word for the in the sun or the rain?

Polish does not have articles like the or a/an.

So:

• słońce can mean the sun or just sun
• deszcz can mean the rain or just rain

The exact meaning depends on context. In this sentence, English naturally uses the sun, but Polish simply says słońce.