Brama do ogrodu jest dziś zamknięta.

The gate to the garden is closed today.

Breakdown of Brama do ogrodu jest dziś zamknięta.

• być: to be
• do: to
• dziś: today
• zamknięty: closed

Questions & Answers about Brama do ogrodu jest dziś zamknięta.

Why is it do ogrodu and not do ogród?

Because do requires the genitive case.

The basic dictionary form is ogród = garden.
After do, it changes to ogrodu.

• ogród = nominative
• ogrodu = genitive singular

So brama do ogrodu means gate to the garden.

What does do mean here?

Here do means to in the sense of leading to or connected with a place.

So:

• brama do ogrodu = gate to the garden
• literally: gate to/of access to the garden

This is a very normal Polish pattern:

• klucz do drzwi = key to the door
• droga do miasta = road to the city

Why is zamknięta feminine?

Because it agrees with brama, and brama is a feminine noun.

In Polish, adjectives and adjective-like forms must match the noun in:

• gender
• number
• case

So:

• brama = feminine singular
• therefore: zamknięta = feminine singular

Compare:

• brama jest zamknięta = the gate is closed
• dom jest zamknięty = the house is closed
• okno jest zamknięte = the window is closed