miastem

miastem

"Miastem" is the instrumental case of "miasto," meaning "city" or "town" in English.

This sentence employs 'miastem' in a figurative context, illustrating the instrumental case to symbolize a state of being or identity.

Byłem kiedyś miastem otoczonym przez rzeki.

I once was a city surrounded by rivers.

In this sentence, 'miastem' is the instrumental case of 'miasto' used with 'jest', expressing the quality of being a city.

Kraków jest pięknym miastem.

Kraków is a beautiful city.

Here, 'miastem' is used descriptively to attribute the characteristic of being a 'city of culture' through a complementary structure.

Zamieszkaliśmy w dużym mieście zwanym miastem kultury.

We settled in a large city called the city of culture.