"Tygrys to kot."

Translation: A tiger is a cat.

[Sandra_Brandt]

What is the difference between this sentence and 'Tygrys jest kotem'? Is there a difference in meaning?

[Szparag]

There's no difference. You can use both.

[deactivated user]

I feel like there is a difference! Please correct me if I am wrong...
Tygrys jest kotem means that The/This tiger is a cat.
Tygrys to kot means that A tiger is a cat (in English we often make it plural (Tigers are cats-- and this is also accepted as a correct answer)

[Jellei]

"Tygrys jest kotem" is more descriptive (Tigers belong to the cat 'family'), while "Tygrys to kot" is kinda like "A tiger = a cat". But there surely isn't any 'this' in any of those.

[willrand]

Is this a form of a different verb? Why is kot not in the instrumental?

[Jantek_Jantek]

There is construction object + "to" + object (I don't mean the object of the sentence), where "to" means basically "is/are" (though not literally). In this construction both objects are always nominatives.

[willrand]

Thank you!

[AnCatDubh]

I was just listening to a song in Japanese. In Japanese, ‘to’ is ‘and’. I translated this as ‘a tiger and a cat’.

[ghada33806]

can we say for example kobieta to szłowiekiem ???? I mean use to here as is ????

[Szparag]

We say "kobieta to człowiek" or "kobieta jest człowiekiem".

[ThomasBaru2]

Tygrys jest kotem. Is that acceptable?

[Jellei]

Yes, it's a perfectly good sentence and an accepted alternative.