Roszczenie jest nowe.

The insurance claim is new.

Breakdown of Roszczenie jest nowe.

• być: to be
• nowy: new
• roszczenie: the insurance claim

Questions & Answers about Roszczenie jest nowe.

What does roszczenie mean exactly?

Roszczenie usually means claim, especially in a legal, financial, or formal sense. It can refer to a demand that someone believes they have a right to make.

So in many contexts, Roszczenie jest nowe would be understood as The claim is new.

Why is it nowe and not nowy?

Because roszczenie is a neuter noun, and the adjective has to agree with it in gender.

The adjective nowy changes like this in the singular:

• nowy = masculine
• nowa = feminine
• nowe = neuter

Since roszczenie is neuter, the correct form is nowe.

How do I know that roszczenie is neuter?

A very common clue is the ending. Nouns ending in -e, -o, or -ę are often neuter in Polish.

Roszczenie ends in -enie, and nouns of this type are typically neuter. So:

• to roszczenie
• nowe roszczenie

That neuter gender is why the sentence uses nowe.

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