Questions & Answers about Ten dzień jest dobry.
Why do we use ten instead of ta or to?
Why does dobry end in -y in this sentence?
Adjectives in Polish must match the gender of the noun they describe. Because dzień is masculine, the adjective takes the masculine ending -y to become dobry.
I usually see these words together as Dzień dobry (Good morning). Why is the order different here?
Dzień dobry is a fixed greeting. However, this sentence is making a direct statement. It follows standard sentence structure by putting the subject Ten dzień first, followed by the verb jest, and then the describing word dobry.
Does ten also mean "the"?
No, ten specifically means "this". Polish does not have articles like "a" or "the". If you wanted to say "The day is good", you would usually just drop ten and say Dzień jest dobry.
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