Word
To jest gorąca pizza.
Meaning
This is a hot pizza.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about To jest gorąca pizza.
Since this lesson is about the Accusative case for direct objects, why isn't gorąca pizza in the Accusative here?
The verb jest (is) doesn't take a direct object. When introducing something with to jest (this is), the noun and its adjective stay in their basic dictionary form (the Nominative case). You only use the Accusative if an action is happening to it, like in the sentence "I am eating a hot pizza" (Jem gorącą pizzę).
Why do we use To at the beginning if pizza is a feminine noun? Shouldn't it be Ta?
In the specific phrase To jest (This is), the word To acts as a fixed, general pointer to introduce things. It always stays as To, no matter the gender of the noun that comes after it.
Why does the adjective gorąca end in -a?
Adjectives have to match the gender of the noun they describe. Because pizza ends in -a, it is a feminine noun. Therefore, the dictionary form of the adjective, gorący (hot), changes its ending to -a to become gorąca.
Is the double 'z' in pizza pronounced using normal Polish alphabet rules?
No, pizza is a borrowed word. In Polish, it is pronounced basically the same way it is in English (like "peet-tsa"), ignoring the usual Polish rules for the letter z.