Adjective Agreement
Adjective Agreement
Polish adjectives change their ending to match the noun they describe — something English adjectives never do at all — and they sit right before the noun, same as in English.
Grammar Comparison
Grammar Comparison
Adjectives Match the Noun's Gender
wysoki, wysoka
tall
An English adjective like 'tall' never changes, no matter what it describes. Most Polish adjectives have a distinct ending for each gender: -y for masculine, -a for feminine, -e for neuter — wysoki mężczyzna (a tall man), wysoka kobieta (a tall woman), wysokie dziecko (a tall child). Learn the masculine form as the 'dictionary' form, then swap the ending to match.
Adjectives Precede the Noun
mały dom, ładna szkoła
a small house, a pretty school
Just like English, Polish puts the adjective before the noun it describes — mały dom is literally 'small house', in the same order you'd say it in English. This is one place where your English instinct for word order transfers directly, with nothing to unlearn.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
- English
- tall (m)
- English
- tall (f)
- English
- small (m)
- English
- small (f)
- English
- big (m)
- English
- big (f)
- English
- pretty (m)
- English
- pretty (f)
- English
- good (m)
- English
- good (f)
- English
- young (m)
- English
- young (f)