My Home in Polish: Rooms, Furniture, and jest/są
The locative just moved in with you. This lesson furnishes it: rooms, furniture, and the pattern for saying what stands where — the same one every Polish flat listing uses.
The Rooms
| Polish | English | In the… |
|---|---|---|
| pokój | room | w pokoju |
| kuchnia | kitchen | w kuchni |
| łazienka | bathroom | w łazience |
| sypialnia | bedroom | w sypialni |
| salon | living room | w salonie |
The Furniture
stół (table), krzesło (chair), łóżko (bed), szafa (wardrobe), lampa (lamp), telewizor (TV). All describable with the adjectives you own: duży stół, mała lampa, nowe łóżko.
Mam małe mieszkanie, ale duży telewizor.
I have a small flat but a big TV.
Note: Priorities. Note the agreement: małe mieszkanie (n), duży telewizor (m).
What's Where: jest and są
One thing there: jest. Several: są. That's the whole rule — and with a locative in front, it builds every room description in the language.
| Polish | English |
|---|---|
| W kuchni jest stół. | There's a table in the kitchen. |
| W pokoju są dwa okna. | There are two windows in the room. |
| W salonie jest telewizor i szafa. | There's a TV and a wardrobe in the living room. |
Jak wygląda twoje nowe mieszkanie?
What's your new flat like?
Małe! W pokoju jest łóżko, stół i krzesło.
Small! In the room there's a bed, a table and a chair.
A kuchnia?
And the kitchen?
Kuchnia to legenda. Nie ma kuchni.
The kitchen is a legend. There is no kitchen.
Common Mistakes
- jest for plurals. Two windows need są: są dwa okna.
- Forgetting the locative. W kuchnia jest… — no. w kuchni.
- salon ≠ salon. It's the living room, not a hairdresser's (that's salon fryzjerski).
What You Can Do Now
You can describe your home room by room, read flat listings, and complain accurately about the size of the kitchen — a rite of passage in any language.