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Because mieć nadzieję is the standard Polish expression for to hope.
- mam = I have
- nadzieję = hope (in the correct case here)
So Polish says literally I have hope, where English usually says I hope.
You can conjugate it normally:
- mam nadzieję = I hope
- masz nadzieję = you hope
- mamy nadzieję = we hope
Polish often uses a noun phrase where English uses a verb.
Because after mieć in this expression, the noun goes in the accusative case.
- dictionary form: nadzieja = hope
- accusative singular: nadzieję
So:
- mam nadzieję = I have hope / I hope
This is a very common pattern in Polish: after mam (I have), the thing you have is usually in the accusative.