Breakdown of Ten hotel jest drogi. Poza tym jest daleko od plaży.
być
to be
daleko
far
ten
this (m)
drogi
expensive
plaża
beach
od
from
hotel
hotel
poza tym
besides, apart from that
Questions & Answers about Ten hotel jest drogi. Poza tym jest daleko od plaży.
Why is drogi in the nominative case instead of the instrumental? Doesn't the verb być usually take the instrumental?
The verb być (to be) takes the instrumental case when it connects the subject to a noun. But when it connects the subject to just an adjective, like drogi (expensive) here, the adjective stays in the nominative case to match the subject Ten hotel.
What case does the phrase poza tym use, and why?
The preposition poza is followed by the instrumental case when used in this abstract sense. Here, tym is the instrumental form of the pronoun to (this/that). Together, poza tym is a very common fixed phrase meaning 'besides' or 'apart from that'.
Why does plaża change to plaży in the second sentence?
It changes to the genitive case because of the preposition od (from). The phrase daleko od (far from) always requires the noun that follows it to be in the genitive case. Since plaża (beach) is a feminine noun ending in -a, its genitive ending becomes -y.
Why is there no word for 'it' in the second sentence (jest daleko od plaży)?
In Polish, subject pronouns are usually dropped because the verb already shows who or what is doing the action. Here, the context from the previous sentence makes it clear that the third-person verb jest refers back to Ten hotel. Adding the pronoun on (he/it) here would sound unnatural.
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