Breakdown of To jest moja żona. Bardzo ją kocham.
to
this
być
to be
bardzo
very
mój
my
kochać
to love
żona
the wife
ją
her
Questions & Answers about To jest moja żona. Bardzo ją kocham.
Why do we use ją here instead of ona?
ona is the subject form, meaning "she". In the second sentence, the wife is the object of the action—she is the one being loved. The verb kochać (to love) requires the accusative case for its object, and the accusative form of ona is ją (her).
Why is ją placed in the middle of the sentence instead of at the end?
Short pronouns like ją are called "clitics". They are weak words that prefer to lean on stronger words in the sentence. Because of this, they almost always avoid being placed at the very end of a sentence. Tucking ją right before the verb (Bardzo ją kocham) sounds much more natural than putting it at the end (Bardzo kocham ją).
Where is the word for "I" in "I love her very much"?
In Polish, the verb ending usually tells you exactly who is doing the action. The -am ending in kocham already means "I love". Adding the pronoun ja (I) isn't necessary and would actually sound unnatural here, as if you were heavily emphasizing "I love her (even if someone else doesn't)."
Why doesn't moja żona change its form like ją does?
The phrase to jest (this is) just points something out, rather than doing an action to it. When pointing things out with to jest, Polish uses the basic dictionary form (the nominative case). You only use the accusative case for the direct object of an action verb, which is why ona changes to ją after kocham.
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