Breakdown of W parku są kolorowe kwiaty.
być
to be
w
in / on (a day)
park
park
kolorowy
colourful
kwiat
flower (m)
Questions & Answers about W parku są kolorowe kwiaty.
Why is it kwiaty and not kwiat?
Kwiat (flower) is a masculine inanimate noun. To make it plural when it is the subject of the sentence (the Nominative case), we add -y, making it kwiaty (flowers). Since flowers are not male humans, they belong to the non-virile (niemęskoosobowe) plural category.
Why does the adjective kolorowe end in -e?
Adjectives must match the gender, number, and case of the noun they describe. For all non-virile plural nouns in the Nominative case, adjectives take the -e ending. Therefore, the dictionary form kolorowy changes to kolorowe to match kwiaty.
The English translation says 'There are', but there is no Polish word for 'there' in the sentence. Why?
Polish does not use a filler word like 'there' to state that something exists. You just use the verb są (they are) directly. W parku są kolorowe kwiaty literally means 'In the park are colourful flowers'.
Why is it w parku instead of w park?
The preposition w (in) requires the following noun to be in the Locative case when describing a physical location. For many masculine nouns like park, the Locative ending is -u, which gives us w parku.
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