"It is clean here."

Translation: Tutaj jest czysto.

[JestemJenny]

Because this sentence started in english with "it is" I thought it wanted "to jest..." Would this not be a normal sentence? Example: To jest czysto tutaj.

[Jellei]

No. It's a subjectless sentence, and I think even in English "it" is not in fact the subject. Maybe "here" could serve as a subject, I'm not sure.

"It is a clean fridge" would equal "This is a clean fridge" and mean "To jest czysta lodówka". But not here.

[JestemJenny]

Thanks! :)

[boridelf1]

Dlaczego jest czysto i nie czysty?

[Gerardd88]

You need an adverb - czysto (how? - clean) here. Czysty is a masculine adjective. You would use it to say e.g. "The dog is clean" = "Pies jest czysty".

[pacecarotepatate]

can somebody patient explain why to jest czysto tutaj is wrong?

[Jellei]

Copying my comment from above, as I don't have a better explanation:

"No. It's a subjectless sentence, and I think even in English "it" is not in fact the subject. Maybe "here" could serve as a subject, I'm not sure.

"It is a clean fridge" would equal "This is a clean fridge" and mean "To jest czysta lodówka". But not here."

[pacecarotepatate]

Oh OK, thanks. Have a lingot.

[Erik787431]

To czysto tutaj?

[Jellei]

Nope. Such an "It" only serves as the subject of the English sentence, but there isn't any real "it" to translate. The sentence is subjectless in Polish. As I also wrote above.

[Zack41690]

can tutaj be shortend at the start of the sentence ?

[Jellei]

I wouldn't say that "Tu" is a shortened version of "Tutaj"... anyway, both work.