Kawa jest za gorąca, żeby ją pić od razu, więc najpierw czytam wiadomości.

Because kawa is a feminine noun in Polish, and the adjective has to agree with it.

• kawa = coffee, feminine
• gorąca = hot, feminine singular
• gorący would be masculine singular

So:

• gorąca kawa = hot coffee
• Kawa jest gorąca = The coffee is hot

This kind of adjective agreement is very important in Polish.

Here za means too.

So:

• gorąca = hot
• za gorąca = too hot

It works like this in many similar expressions:

• za zimna = too cold
• za droga = too expensive
• za późno = too late

So Kawa jest za gorąca means The coffee is too hot.

In this sentence, jest means is:

• Kawa jest za gorąca = The coffee is too hot

In the present tense, Polish often omits to be in some kinds of sentences, especially when saying that one thing equals another, but with adjectives like hot, cold, interesting, difficult, you normally use jest.

So:

• Kawa jest gorąca = correct
• Kawa gorąca = not natural here as a full normal sentence

Here żeby means something like to, in order to, or in this pattern, too ... to ....

The structure is:

• za + adjective + żeby + infinitive

So:

• Kawa jest za gorąca, żeby ją pić
  = The coffee is too hot to drink

It introduces the action that cannot or should not be done because of the degree of something.

Other examples:

• Jestem za zmęczony, żeby pracować. = I’m too tired to work.
• To jest za trudne, żeby to zrozumieć od razu. = It’s too difficult to understand immediately.

Ją is the accusative form of ona and here it refers back to kawa.

Since kawa is feminine singular, the object pronoun is:

• ją = her / it

In English we say drink it, but in Polish the form depends on the gender and grammar of the noun.

So:

• kawa → ją
• żeby ją pić = to drink it

This is very common in Polish: instead of repeating the noun, you use a pronoun that agrees with it.

Because in Polish object pronouns often come before the infinitive or before the verb phrase more generally.

So:

• żeby ją pić = natural
• literally: so as to it drink

This is different from English word order. English says to drink it, but Polish commonly prefers ją pić.

You will see similar patterns like:

• Muszę to zrobić. = I have to do it.
• Chcę go zobaczyć. = I want to see him.
• Lubię ją czytać. = I like reading it/her.

So even if it feels reversed from English, it is normal Polish syntax.

This is about aspect.

• pić = imperfective, to drink
• wypić = perfective, to drink up / finish drinking

After żeby in a sentence like this, Polish often uses the infinitive that expresses the general action. Here the point is that the coffee is too hot for the action of drinking right away, not specifically for finishing the whole cup.

So:

• żeby ją pić sounds natural = to drink it
• żeby ją wypić would shift the meaning toward to finish drinking it

In many everyday situations, pić is the more neutral choice.

Od razu means right away, immediately, or straight away.

So:

• pić od razu = drink right away

Examples:

• Zrób to od razu. = Do it right away.
• Od razu wiedziałem. = I knew immediately.

In your sentence, it means the coffee is too hot to drink immediately.

Because Polish punctuation normally requires commas before words like żeby and więc when they introduce a clause.

So:

• Kawa jest za gorąca, żeby ją pić od razu...
• ..., więc najpierw czytam wiadomości.

This is more regular and stricter than English punctuation in many cases. If you are writing Polish, getting these commas right is important.

Więc means so or therefore.

In the sentence:

• ..., więc najpierw czytam wiadomości.
• ..., so first I read the news/messages.

It connects the cause and result:

• the coffee is too hot
• so I read messages first

It is similar to dlatego, but not exactly identical in use.

• więc = so
• dlatego = therefore / that’s why

Both can express consequence, but więc is very common in normal conversational flow.

Najpierw means first.

It shows the order of actions:

• najpierw czytam wiadomości = first I read messages / the news

It implies that something else will happen later, even if it is not said explicitly. Here the implied next step is that the speaker will drink the coffee once it cools a bit.

Examples:

• Najpierw zjem, potem wyjdę. = First I’ll eat, then I’ll go out.
• Najpierw przeczytaj instrukcję. = First read the instructions.

Again, this is aspect.

• czytać → czytam = I am reading / I read, imperfective
• przeczytać → przeczytam = I will read through / finish reading, perfective

In this sentence, czytam wiadomości presents the activity in a general or ongoing way: while waiting for the coffee to cool, I read messages/news.

If you said przeczytam wiadomości, it would sound more like I will read the messages through / finish reading them, which is a different focus.

So czytam is the more natural choice for a background activity happening now.

It can mean either, depending on context.

• wiadomość = message / piece of news
• wiadomości = messages / news

In modern everyday Polish:

• czytać wiadomości can mean read messages on your phone
• it can also mean read the news

Without more context, both are possible. If the meaning has already been shown to you, follow that context. Grammatically, the Polish sentence works for either interpretation.

Because Polish uses the plural noun wiadomości in many cases where English uses news.

So Polish says literally something like:

• I read messages / news

even when English prefers singular news as an uncountable noun.

This is just a vocabulary difference between the languages, not a special grammar rule of this sentence.

Yes. Zbyt gorąca also means too hot.

So:

• Kawa jest za gorąca...
• Kawa jest zbyt gorąca...

Both are correct. The difference is mostly stylistic:

• za is very common and everyday
• zbyt can sound a little more formal or careful

In normal conversation, za gorąca is extremely natural.

Yes, but żeby is much more common in everyday speech.

• za gorąca, żeby ją pić = natural, common
• za gorąca, aby ją pić = correct, a bit more formal or literary

For most learners, żeby is the form you will hear and use most often.

Polish word order is more flexible than English, but some versions sound more natural than others.

The original sentence:

• Kawa jest za gorąca, żeby ją pić od razu, więc najpierw czytam wiadomości.

is natural and clear.

You could move some parts for emphasis, for example:

• Najpierw czytam wiadomości, bo kawa jest za gorąca, żeby ją pić od razu.

That changes the focus a little, but the meaning stays similar.

So the word order is not completely fixed, but the original version is a very normal one.

Because Polish usually drops subject pronouns when they are not needed.

• czytam already means I read / I am reading
• so ja is unnecessary unless you want emphasis

Compare:

• czytam wiadomości = I’m reading messages/news
• ja czytam wiadomości = I am the one reading messages/news, with emphasis

This is very common in Polish. The verb ending often tells you who the subject is.

No, not in natural English. This is a good example of why you should learn the whole Polish pattern rather than translate word by word.

The Polish structure:

• za gorąca, żeby ją pić od razu

corresponds to English:

• too hot to drink right away

So even though żeby often means so that or in order to, in this specific pattern it is best understood as part of the too ... to ... construction.