"Tamta ryba jest mała."
Translation:That fish is small.
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That's very unncommon and sounds awkward to some, better not to use it. The adjective should agree with noun in its grammatical case..
yes małą is instrumental singular feminine.
You may say it, you might hear Poles say it, it is not correct, unless before a noun.
Well, first you can check what immery usually writes to questions about this/that: here
So we usually accept both 'this' and 'that' for 'ta' (at least we try), but if it's 'tamta' in Polish, it really needs to be 'that' in English.
Do adjectives match with their nouns in their grammatcal case even after verb "być"?
Yes. Adjectives match nouns. If there is no noun after być the adjective is in nominative.
You use Instrumental in such sentences for noun phrases, but not if you only have an adjective. Maybe it will be easier to show with a masculine noun:
"Lew jest duży" (Nominative)
"Lew jest dużym zwierzęciem" (Instrumental)
사회자는 한국어를하지 않습니다.
Maybe this will help: https://www.clozemaster.com/blog/polish-demonstrative-pronouns/
lol He said why tamta? Can't I say tam? I wanted to explain instead of you, but 10 months ago.... Maybe late a lot
It seems that user isn't active anymore.
But just in case, "tam" means "there".
"tamtą rybę" is accusative, but you need nominative here, because it's the subject. "to" can only be used in the "is" sense if it's a NOUN is NOUN sentence. And finally "mała" is always spelled with an ł, although Duolingo would accept an l anyway.
