Breakdown of Karty są na stole.
być
to be
stół
table
na
on, at / to (motion toward) / for (a meal) / for (waiting for)
karta
card
Questions & Answers about Karty są na stole.
Why is the word for card spelled karty here?
Karty is the plural form (cards). The basic singular word is karta. To make feminine nouns ending in -a plural, we usually change the -a to -y.
Why do we use są instead of jest?
Są is the "they" form of the verb być (to be), while jest is the "he/she/it" form. Because karty is plural (they), we need the plural verb są to say "the cards are".
The dictionary word for table is stół. Why does it change to stole here?
When describing where something is located using na (on), Polish uses the Locative case. This grammar rule changes the endings of nouns to show location. For the masculine noun stół, the Locative form becomes stole.
What happened to the ó from stół when it changed to stole?
It is a very common spelling rule in Polish that when a word has an ó in its base form, it often changes to a regular o when we add a grammatical ending to the word.