Word
W pokoju jest stół oraz cztery krzesła.
Meaning
In the room there is a table and four chairs.
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Questions & Answers about W pokoju jest stół oraz cztery krzesła.
Why does the sentence use the singular jest instead of the plural są, since there is more than one item in the room?
In Polish, when listing things that are in a location, the verb usually agrees with the very first item in the list. Because stół (table) is singular, we use jest. If the chairs came first, we would use the plural and say W pokoju są cztery krzesła oraz stół.
Can I use i instead of oraz here? What is the difference?
Yes, you can absolutely use i. Both mean and, but oraz is slightly more formal and is often used to mean and also or as well as. It is a great word to use when adding a distinct second item to a list, or to avoid repetition if you have already used i earlier in a sentence.
Why is the word for room pokoju instead of pokóju?
The base word is pokój. When adding endings for other cases, such as the locative -u used here after the preposition w, the ó often shifts back to a regular o. This is a very common vowel shift in Polish nouns, similar to how stół (table) changes to na stole (on the table).
Why does the word krzesła look like a singular feminine noun here?