"Pająk jest mały."

Translation: The spider is small.

[idanlipin]

For some reason, people tend to describe all spiders as large

[yab401]

why in "ja jestem kotem", "kotem" is Instrumental, but in""Pająk jest mały" "mały" is Nominative? although both come after "być"?

[Jellei]

If it's just an adjective, it stays in Nominative, if it's a noun phrase (like 'an animal', but also 'a big animal') it goes into Instrumental.

[yab401]

Dziękuję bardzo

[TracyBrown20]

Why can't I say that spider is small?

[Jellei]

"that" is your own addition to this sentence.

[StefanMakr]

So is an "a" with the accent underneath it always pronounced as "on"?

[Poeziya1]

I do think same here but as a French native I would pronounce it in the French way, not the English version. (You can compare the prononcation of the word "question" in English and French to surely understand my point.)

[RavenAnuko]

isnt tiny the sane thing as small

[Jellei]

Seems smaller than just "small", I'd translate it to "malutki".

[kool_kierra07]

It is sooooooooooooooooooooo not fair! That spider is small should have workd too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Jellei]

There was no word for "that" here, sorry.