Breakdown of W tej grupie mężczyźni to mniejszość.
ten
this (m)
mężczyzna
man
w
in / on (a day)
to
is (linking copula)
Questions & Answers about W tej grupie mężczyźni to mniejszość.
If I wanted to talk about 'some men' in this group, which form of the word for 'some' would I use?
You would use niektórzy. Because mężczyźni (men) is a masculine personal (virile) noun in the nominative plural, it requires the special virile form niektórzy, making the phrase niektórzy mężczyźni. If the noun were feminine, neuter, or non-masculine-personal, you would use niektóre instead.
The English translation says 'men are a minority', but the Polish sentence uses to. Why not use the verb są?
In Polish, when you equate one noun directly with another (Men = Minority), it is very natural to use the word to instead of the verb być (to be). Using to is often easier because it allows you to keep both nouns in the basic Nominative case. If you used są, the second noun would have to change to the Instrumental case, resulting in the sentence w tej grupie mężczyźni są mniejszością.
The word mniejszość (minority) ends in a consonant. What gender is it?
Why does the phrase 'in this group' become w tej grupie instead of w ta grupa?