Breakdown of Zakres ochrony jest szeroki.
być
to be
szeroki
wide
zakres ochrony
the scope of insurance cover
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What is the grammatical role of each word in Zakres ochrony jest szeroki?
- zakres = the subject of the sentence; nominative singular, masculine inanimate
- ochrony = a dependent noun meaning of protection; genitive singular of ochrona
- jest = is; 3rd person singular present tense of być (to be)
- szeroki = an adjective meaning broad / wide; it agrees with zakres
So the structure is basically:
[subject] + [of-phrase] + [is] + [adjective]
Why is ochrony used, and not ochrona?
Because zakres normally takes the genitive when you mean the scope/range of something.
- zakres ochrony = scope of protection
- literally: scope of protection, not scope protection
The base form is ochrona.
Here it changes to ochrony, which is the genitive singular form.
This is very common in Polish: one noun is followed by another noun in the genitive to show a relationship like of X.
Examples:
- zakres prac = scope of work
- zakres obowiązków = scope of duties
- zakres usług = range/scope of services