Word
To jest stół i krzesło.
Meaning
This is a table and a chair.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
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Questions & Answers about To jest stół i krzesło.
Why are stół and krzesło in their basic dictionary forms here?
The phrase To jest (This is) is used to introduce or point out things. The nouns that directly follow it always stay in the Nominative case, which is the basic, unchanged dictionary form of the word.
How can I tell the grammatical gender of stół and krzesło?
You can usually guess a Polish noun's gender by its last letter. The word stół ends in a consonant, which means it is masculine. The word krzesło ends in the letter o, which is the classic ending for neuter nouns.
Why do we use the singular verb jest when there are two objects in the sentence?
Even though there are two items, the verb jest matches the first noun right after it, which is the singular word stół. When pointing out a list of singular items one by one, Polish naturally uses To jest.
Where are the Polish words for a and the in this sentence?
Polish does not use articles like a, an, or the. The word stół simply translates to table, but in English we naturally add a or the depending on the situation.