Dziś mam już tylko jedno spotkanie.

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Breakdown of Dziś mam już tylko jedno spotkanie.

• mieć: to have
• spotkanie: the meeting
• dziś: today

Questions & Answers about Dziś mam już tylko jedno spotkanie.

Why is there no word for I in this sentence?

In Polish, the subject pronoun is often omitted because the verb form already shows who is doing the action.

Here, mam means I have.
So mam already tells you the subject is I, and adding ja would usually only be for emphasis.

• mam = I have
• ja mam = I have / I do have with extra emphasis

So Dziś mam już tylko jedno spotkanie sounds natural without ja.

What exactly does już tylko mean here?

Już tylko is a very common combination in Polish. In this sentence, it means something like:

• only now
• only one left now
• just one remaining

The two words add slightly different ideas:

• już = already / now by this point
• tylko = only

Together, już tylko jedno spotkanie suggests that earlier there may have been more things planned, but at this point only one meeting remains.

A natural English translation is often:

• Today I only have one meeting left now
• Today I’ve only got one meeting left

Why is it jedno spotkanie, not jeden spotkanie?