Blender stoi w kuchni przy czajniku, a mikser trzymam w szafce nad stołem.

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Breakdown of Blender stoi w kuchni przy czajniku, a mikser trzymam w szafce nad stołem.

• stół: the table
• kuchnia: the kitchen
• trzymać: to keep

Questions & Answers about Blender stoi w kuchni przy czajniku, a mikser trzymam w szafce nad stołem.

Why is stoi used with blender instead of jest?

Polish often uses a position verb when saying where something is:

• stać = to stand
• leżeć = to lie
• wisieć = to hang

A blender sitting upright on a kitchen surface is naturally described as stoi.
So Blender stoi w kuchni sounds more specific and natural than Blender jest w kuchni.

Jest is possible, but it is more neutral and less visual.

Why does trzymam mean keep here? Doesn't it usually mean hold?

Yes, trzymać can mean to hold, but it also very often means to keep or to store something somewhere.

So:

• trzymam mikser w szafce = I keep/store the mixer in the cupboard
• not necessarily I am physically holding it

This is a very common use of trzymać in Polish.

Why is there no word for I in trzymam?

Because Polish usually drops subject pronouns when they are clear from the verb form.

The ending -am in trzymam already tells you it means I keep.

So:

• trzymam = I keep
• ja trzymam = I keep, but with extra emphasis on I

Polish does this a lot, unlike English.