Szefowa pyta, czy rezerwacja sali jest potwierdzona, bo jutro przyjdzie ważny klient.

Szefowa is the feminine form of szef.

• szef = a male boss / chief
• szefowa = a female boss

So in this sentence, the speaker is talking about a woman who is the boss. In modern Polish, szefowa is a normal and common word.

Pyta is the 3rd person singular present tense of pytać = to ask.

So:

• ja pytam = I ask
• ty pytasz = you ask
• on / ona pyta = he / she asks

In the sentence, Szefowa pyta means The boss asks / is asking.

Polish present tense can often translate into English as either a simple present or a present continuous, depending on context.

Here czy means whether / if and introduces an indirect yes-no question.

So:

• Szefowa pyta, czy rezerwacja sali jest potwierdzona
  = The boss asks whether / if the room reservation is confirmed

This is different from a direct question like:

• Czy rezerwacja sali jest potwierdzona?
  = Is the room reservation confirmed?

So czy is used both:

1. at the start of a direct yes-no question
2. inside a sentence to mean whether / if

Because after rezerwacja the noun sala changes into the genitive case.

• sala = room / hall
• sali = of the room / hall

So:

• rezerwacja sali = reservation of the room / room reservation

This is very common in Polish: one noun is followed by another noun in the genitive to show a relationship.

Other examples:

• numer telefonu = phone number
• kolor samochodu = color of the car
• plan miasta = map/plan of the city

Sali is genitive singular of sala.

Basic forms:

• nominative: sala
• genitive: sali

It is genitive because it depends on rezerwacja:

• rezerwacja sali = reservation of the room

A learner may also notice that sala is feminine, and many feminine nouns ending in -a form the genitive singular in -i or -y.

Jest potwierdzona means is confirmed.

Grammatically, this is:

• jest = is
• potwierdzona = confirmed

Potwierdzona is a form that agrees with rezerwacja, which is feminine singular.

So the structure is basically:

• rezerwacja jest potwierdzona
  = the reservation is confirmed

This works a bit like a passive meaning in English, though in Polish it often feels more adjectival as well.

Because it agrees with rezerwacja, and rezerwacja is:

• feminine
• singular

In Polish, adjectives and adjective-like forms must agree with the noun in gender, number, and case.

So:

• rezerwacja → feminine singular
• therefore potwierdzona → feminine singular

Compare:

• rezerwacja jest potwierdzona = the reservation is confirmed
• dokument jest potwierdzony = the document is confirmed
• bilety są potwierdzone = the tickets are confirmed

Przyjdzie is the future meaning of the verb przyjść = to come / to arrive.

This happens because przyjść is a perfective verb. In Polish, perfective verbs do not normally have a true present-tense meaning. Their present-looking forms usually refer to the future.

So:

• przyjdzie literally looks like a present form
• but it means will come

Compare:

• przychodzi = comes / is coming / usually comes
  imperfective
• przyjdzie = will come
  perfective

In this sentence, a single future arrival is meant, so przyjdzie is the natural choice.

Because przyjdzie is better for a single completed future event: one important client will come tomorrow.

Będzie przychodził would usually suggest something repeated, ongoing, or habitual in the future, which does not fit well here.

So:

• jutro przyjdzie ważny klient = tomorrow an important client will come
• jutro będzie przychodził ważny klient would sound odd in this context

For one arrival at a specific future time, perfective przyjdzie is the normal choice.

Because ważny klient is the subject of the verb przyjdzie.

The subject is in the nominative case:

• ważny klient = an important client

If it were an object in some other structure, you might see a different case, such as ważnego klienta in the accusative/genitive depending on context.

Here, though, the client is the one doing the action of coming, so nominative is required.

Bo means because.

So:

• ..., bo jutro przyjdzie ważny klient.
  = ..., because an important client is coming tomorrow.

It introduces the reason for the boss’s question.

Polish also has ponieważ, which also means because, but bo is very common in everyday speech and writing and sounds more natural in many ordinary situations.

Because Polish punctuation normally separates subordinate clauses with commas.

Here the sentence has a main clause and two subordinate clauses:

• Szefowa pyta,
• czy rezerwacja sali jest potwierdzona,
• bo jutro przyjdzie ważny klient.

So the commas mark clause boundaries.

This is one area where Polish often uses commas more regularly than English does.

Yes, Polish word order is fairly flexible, although some versions sound more neutral than others.

The original sentence is very natural and neutral:

• Szefowa pyta, czy rezerwacja sali jest potwierdzona, bo jutro przyjdzie ważny klient.

You could also say:

• Szefowa pyta, bo jutro przyjdzie ważny klient, czy rezerwacja sali jest potwierdzona.

But that sounds more marked and less straightforward.

Polish word order often changes to shift emphasis, but for learners it is best to treat the original order as the safest and most natural one.

It depends on context.

Sala can mean:

• a room
• a hall
• a meeting room
• a conference room
• a classroom
• a larger event space

In this sentence, rezerwacja sali most likely means something like:

• room reservation
• meeting room reservation
• hall reservation

The exact English translation depends on what kind of place is being reserved.

Not really. The natural English translation is whether or if, not that.

• pyta, czy... = asks whether / if...

If you used that, the meaning would change or sound ungrammatical in English:

• The boss asks that the reservation is confirmed is not the same thing.

So a good rule is:

• czy after verbs like pytać, wiedzieć, sprawdzać often means whether / if

Yes, very close.

Word by word:

• jutro = tomorrow
• przyjdzie = will come
• ważny klient = important client

So literally it is:

• Tomorrow will come an important client

But natural English usually says:

• An important client is coming tomorrow
• An important client will come tomorrow

English often prefers the subject before the time expression, while Polish allows jutro at the front very naturally.

No, not exactly.

• potwierdzona = confirmed
• zarezerwowana = reserved / booked

These are related but different ideas:

• zarezerwowana means the booking has been made
• potwierdzona means the booking has been confirmed

So rezerwacja sali jest potwierdzona suggests that the reservation already exists and the speaker wants to know whether it has been officially confirmed.