Kuchenka jest nowa.

The stove is new.

Breakdown of Kuchenka jest nowa.

• być: to be
• nowy: new
• kuchenka: the stove

Questions & Answers about Kuchenka jest nowa.

What exactly does kuchenka mean? Is it kitchen, stove, oven, or something else?

Kuchenka is a stove / cooker – the appliance you cook on (with burners/hobs, sometimes with an oven attached).

Common related words:

• kuchnia – kitchen (the room), but also in everyday speech can mean a stove/cooker in some regions or contexts.
• piekarnik – oven (the baking part only).
• kuchenka mikrofalowa – microwave oven.

So in this sentence, kuchenka is not the room; it’s the cooking appliance.

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Why is it nowa and not nowy or nowe?

Because adjectives in Polish must agree with the noun in gender, number, and case.

• kuchenka ends in -a and is feminine singular.
• The nominative feminine singular form of nowy is nowa.

Compare:

• stół jest nowy – the table is new (stół = masculine)
• kuchenka jest nowa – the stove is new (kuchenka = feminine)
• okno jest nowe – the window is new (okno = neuter)

So nowa is chosen because kuchenka is feminine.

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