Learn Polish: Toaleta jest na dole. - The toilet is downstairs.

In Polish, to say "downstairs", you literally say "on the bottom". The word na means "on" or "at", and dole comes from the word dół meaning "bottom". Together, the phrase na dole is the standard way to say something is downstairs.

Why does the word for bottom change from dół to dole?

Polish nouns change their endings to show their grammatical role. When we use the preposition na to describe a location, the noun following it must take a specific location form (called the Locative case). This makes dół change its spelling to dole.

Is there a Polish word for "the" before toaleta in this sentence?

No, Polish does not use articles like "a" or "the". The word toaleta can mean either "a toilet" or "the toilet" depending on the context. Since you are usually looking for a specific room in a building when you say this, it naturally translates as "the toilet".

Can I use na dole to talk about other rooms being downstairs?

Yes! The phrase na dole works for anything located on a lower floor. You could easily swap the noun to say something else, like kuchnia jest na dole which means "the kitchen is downstairs".