Suma ubezpieczenia jest wysoka.

The sum insured is high.

Breakdown of Suma ubezpieczenia jest wysoka.

• być: to be
• wysoki: high
• suma ubezpieczenia: the sum insured

Questions & Answers about Suma ubezpieczenia jest wysoka.

Why is it ubezpieczenia and not ubezpieczenie?

Because ubezpieczenia is in the genitive singular. After a noun like suma (sum, amount), Polish often uses another noun in the genitive to mean of ....

So:

• suma = sum / amount
• ubezpieczenia = of insurance

Literally, the phrase is structured like sum of insurance.

This is very common in Polish:

• numer telefonu = phone number literally number of phone
• koniec dnia = end of the day
• cena biletu = ticket price

What case is suma in?

Suma is in the nominative singular.

It is the subject of the sentence:

• Suma ubezpieczenia = the subject
• jest = is
• wysoka = describes the subject

You can think of the basic structure as:

[subject] + [is] + [adjective]

So suma stays in the nominative because it is the thing being talked about.

Why is wysoka feminine?