"The soup is good."

Translation: Zupa jest dobra.

[foo__bar]

Why is "Zupa to dobra" incorrect? Can "to" be used only with 2 nouns? Is "Zupa to jedzenie" gramatically correct?

[foo__bar]

And do I use "to" as-is or change it to match the noun? For example, what's correct: "Zupa to jedzenie" or "Zupa ta jedzenie"?

[Jellei]

"to" doesn't change in such a construction. And yes, it can be used only when both parts are noun phrases.

[foo__bar]

Thanks.

[Ryszard386408]

THANKS! I had the same question/problem. It wasn't clear that "to" can be used only with a noun relating to a noun.

[JerryMcCarthy99]

https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/16373167/A-guide-on-X-is-Y-and-This-is-Y-constructions: Part 3 (but the whole thing is worth reading)

[parth39988]

Soup is feminine ? I thought that its dobre as soup is neutral gender

[Jellei]

No, it's clearly feminine in Polish. Almost all nouns ending with -a are feminine.

[dziwnymkotem]

Why not "zupa jest dobrę"?

[Jellei]

There's no such a form as "dobrę" at all, in any case.

This is a simple sentence using only Nominative, "soup" is feminine, so it's "dobra".

[DawidRK]

Its ... ( Zupa jest dobra

[TeddyZioo]

I put zupa jest smaczna and it accepted it. I know tasty basically means that you like it, but I like how it still accepted it.

[JerryMcCarthy99]

Lots of work behind the scenes :-)

[millie826837]

Why can't it be "Ta zupa jest dobra"

[Jellei]

Yes, we accept interpreting "The" as "This" and therefore translating it as "Ta", your answer should have worked.