Odebranie paczki z paczkomatu jest dziś ważne.

to be

Breakdown of Odebranie paczki z paczkomatu jest dziś ważne.

• ważny: important
• dziś: today
• z: from

Questions & Answers about Odebranie paczki z paczkomatu jest dziś ważne.

What is odebranie here? Is it a verb or a noun?

It is a verbal noun: a noun made from a verb.

• base verb: odebrać = to pick up, collect, receive
• verbal noun: odebranie = the act of picking up / collecting

In this sentence, odebranie paczki z paczkomatu is the whole subject of the sentence.

A good way to think about it is:

• odebrać = to pick up
• odebranie = picking up / the pickup

Because it is a noun, Polish can use it very naturally as the subject of a sentence.

Why is it paczki, not paczkę?

Because after a verbal noun like odebranie, Polish usually puts the object in the genitive case.

Compare:

• verb: odebrać paczkę = to pick up a package
  
  • paczkę is accusative
• verbal noun: odebranie paczki = picking up a package
  
  • paczki is genitive

This is a very common pattern with nouns ending in -nie or -cie that come from verbs.

So:

• czytać książkę → czytanie książki
• zrobić obiad → zrobienie obiadu
• odebrać paczkę → odebranie paczki