Wzór jest nowy.

A rough guide is:

• wzór → approximately vzoor
• jest → approximately yest
• nowy → approximately NO-vih

A few important details:

• Polish w sounds like English v.
• The wz at the start of wzór is a real consonant cluster, roughly vz.
• ó is pronounced like Polish u, similar to oo in food.
• jest begins with j, which sounds like English y.
• In nowy, the y is not exactly English ee or i. It is a Polish vowel with no exact English equivalent, but vih is a useful approximation.

Also, wzór is only one syllable, because it has only one vowel.

In a normal present-tense sentence like this, jest is the standard way to say is:

• Wzór jest nowy. = The pattern/formula is new.

Polish does sometimes omit jest, but that is usually more informal, stylistic, or context-dependent. In standard full sentences, especially for learners, it is safest to include it.

So:

• Wzór jest nowy. → normal and complete
• Wzór nowy. → possible only in special styles, headlines, notes, or very compressed speech, but not the neutral standard form

Because nowy has to agree with wzór in gender, number, and case.

Here:

• wzór is masculine singular
• it is in the nominative case, because it is the subject
• so the adjective must also be masculine singular nominative

That gives:

• nowy for masculine
• nowa for feminine
• nowe for neuter

For example:

• książka jest nowa = the book is new
• auto jest nowe = the car is new
• wzór jest nowy = the pattern/formula is new

A very common rule in Polish is:

• nouns ending in a consonant are often masculine
• nouns ending in -a are often feminine
• nouns ending in -o, -e, or -ę are often neuter

Since wzór ends in r, a consonant, it is masculine.

That is why the adjective is nowy, not nowa or nowe.

Like most Polish gender rules, there are exceptions in the language as a whole, but for wzór, masculine is the correct gender.

It is in the nominative case.

Why?

Because wzór is the subject of the sentence:

• Wzór = the thing being talked about
• jest nowy = what is being said about it

The adjective nowy is also in the nominative, because it agrees with the subject in this kind of sentence.

So the structure is:

• subject in nominative
  • jest
    • adjective in nominative

Yes. Polish word order is more flexible than English word order.

The neutral order here is:

• Wzór jest nowy.

But other orders are possible for emphasis or style, for example:

• Nowy jest wzór. → marked, with emphasis on new
• Jest nowy wzór. → can mean something closer to There is a new pattern/formula

Even though Polish allows flexibility, learners should usually start with the most neutral order:

• Wzór jest nowy.

Not necessarily. Wzór can have several related meanings depending on context, such as:

• pattern
• design
• model
• formula
• sometimes even template

So although the sentence structure is simple, the exact English translation of wzór depends on the topic.

For example:

• in math, wzór often means formula
• in clothing or decoration, it can mean pattern
• in technical contexts, it may mean model or template

In modern Polish pronunciation, ó and u are pronounced the same way.

So in speech, there is no difference in sound. The difference is only in spelling.

Learners usually have to memorize the spelling, but sometimes other word forms help. For example, ó often alternates with o in related forms:

• wzór
• wzory

That kind of alternation can help explain why the word is written with ó.

The dictionary form is nowy.

Polish adjectives are usually listed in the masculine singular nominative form, which is exactly what you see here.

From that base form, the adjective changes depending on gender, number, and case. For example:

• nowy → masculine singular
• nowa → feminine singular
• nowe → neuter singular / non-masculine-personal plural
• nowi → masculine personal plural

So this sentence gives you the standard dictionary form of the adjective.

You simply add nie before jest:

• Wzór nie jest nowy. = The pattern/formula is not new.

This is the normal way to negate być (to be) in Polish.

So:

• jest = is
• nie jest = is not