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Drzwi is a so called "plurale tantum", it has no singular form. Whether you actually mean one door, or many doors can only be derived from context.
Like in English, the words 'hair' and 'fish' are always plural and exact meaning being derived from context.
'In your house are narrow doors'. It is not necessary to say 'there'. Or, yes, one could say' There are narrow doors in your house' but when I reverse the wording I can miss out the 'there'. Oh...never mind...I just wanted a break. These exercises aren't enough to keep the mind alive.
Sure, added.
I remember when I first learned (of course here, on Duolingo) that this 'there' is not obligatory... I was totally surprised. English never ceases to surprise me...
"Drzwi w twoim domu są wąskie", I guess. That's the closest natural sentence I can think of.
Hair and fish? But 'hair' is always either singular or a mass noun and 'fish' can be either singular or plural. Both have strictly plural forms: 'hairs' and 'fishes'.
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'są' is plural, drzwi means 'door' and 'doors', so I think you should accept 'There are narrow doors...'
Yes, and we do. "There are narrow doors in your house" is even a starred answer.
