Questions & Answers about Refren tej piosenki jest łatwy.
Why is there no word for the in this sentence?
Polish does not have articles like the or a/an. So Refren tej piosenki jest łatwy can naturally mean The chorus of this song is easy.
Polish usually lets context show whether something is definite or indefinite.
Why is tej piosenki in that form?
Because it means of this song, and in Polish that idea is usually expressed with the genitive case.
So:
- refren piosenki = the chorus of a song
- refren tej piosenki = the chorus of this song
After a noun like refren, the related noun often goes into the genitive to show possession or connection.
What exactly is tej?
Tej is a form of the demonstrative ta = this / that for feminine nouns.
The base forms are:
Since piosenka is a feminine noun, and here it is in the genitive singular, ta changes to tej.
So:
- ta piosenka = this song
- tej piosenki = of this song
Why is it piosenki and not piosenka?