To jest kobieta, której mąż pracuje w szpitalu.

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Breakdown of To jest kobieta, której mąż pracuje w szpitalu.

• to: this
• w: in
• pracować: to work

Questions & Answers about To jest kobieta, której mąż pracuje w szpitalu.

Why does the sentence start with To jest?

To jest is a very common way to say this is / that is / it is when identifying someone or something.

So:

• To jest kobieta = This/That is a woman
• In natural English here, it becomes This is the woman... or That is the woman..., depending on context.

In Polish, to often introduces an identification, and jest is is.

You may also hear:

• To kobieta... — slightly shorter, also common
• Jest to kobieta... — more formal or stylistic

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Why is it kobieta and not kobietą?

Because after to jest in this kind of identifying sentence, Polish normally uses the nominative, not the instrumental.

So:

• To jest kobieta — correct
• kobieta is nominative singular

Learners often expect instrumental because after plain jest Polish sometimes uses instrumental:

• Ona jest kobietą = She is a woman

But with the structure to jest ..., nominative is standard:

• To jest kobieta
• To jest lekarz
• To jest dom

So this is an important pattern to remember.

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