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Learn Hardcore Polish: Pojazd jest gotowy. - The vehicle is ready.

Hardcore Polish
/Taking a vehicle for inspection
/Pojazd jest gotowy.

Pojazd jest gotowy.

Word

Pojazd jest gotowy.

Meaning

The vehicle is ready.

Part of speech

sentence

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Polish

Lesson

Taking a vehicle for inspection

Breakdown of Pojazd jest gotowy.

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Questions & Answers about Pojazd jest gotowy.

Why is it gotowy and not some other form like gotowa or gotowe?

Because gotowy has to agree with pojazd.

Pojazd is a masculine singular noun, so the adjective also takes the masculine singular form:

masculine: gotowy
feminine: gotowa
neuter: gotowe

So:

Pojazd jest gotowy. = The vehicle is ready.
Maszyna jest gotowa. = The machine is ready.
Auto jest gotowe. = The car is ready. (because *auto is neuter in Polish)*

Is pojazd masculine?

Yes. Pojazd is a masculine inanimate noun.

You can tell from the dictionary form and from the agreement:

ten pojazd = this vehicle
gotowy pojazd = a ready vehicle

Because it is masculine singular, the sentence uses jest gotowy.

What exactly does pojazd mean? Is it the same as car?

Not exactly. Pojazd means vehicle, and it is quite a general and somewhat formal/technical word.

It can refer to things like:

a car
a truck
a bus
a motorcycle
other kinds of transport vehicles

If you specifically mean car, Polish usually uses:

samochód = car
auto = car

So Pojazd jest gotowy sounds more like The vehicle is ready than The car is ready.

What does jest do in this sentence?

Jest is the 3rd person singular present tense of być = to be.

So:

pojazd = vehicle
jest = is
gotowy = ready

Together: Pojazd jest gotowy. = The vehicle is ready.

Can I leave out jest?

In a normal full sentence, no—you should keep jest.

standard: Pojazd jest gotowy.

If you say just:

Pojazd gotowy

it can sound like a label, status message, headline, or some kind of short operational note, not a normal neutral sentence.

So for learners, the safest choice is: Pojazd jest gotowy.

What case is pojazd here?

Pojazd is in the nominative case because it is the subject of the sentence.

The sentence structure is:

Pojazd = subject
jest = verb
gotowy = predicative adjective

The adjective gotowy also appears in the nominative form because it agrees with the subject.

Why is there no word for the?

Because Polish does not use articles like English a and the.

So pojazd can mean:

a vehicle
the vehicle

The exact meaning depends on context.

That means:

Pojazd jest gotowy.

could mean either:

A vehicle is ready.
The vehicle is ready.

Context tells you which one is intended.

Is the word order fixed? Could I say Gotowy jest pojazd?

Yes, you could, because Polish word order is more flexible than English. But the emphasis changes.

Pojazd jest gotowy. = neutral, standard word order
Gotowy jest pojazd. = marked/emphatic, something like It is the vehicle that is ready
Jest gotowy pojazd. = possible in some contexts, but less neutral

For learners, the most natural basic order is: Pojazd jest gotowy.

How do I pronounce Pojazd jest gotowy?

A rough English-friendly guide would be:

pojazd ≈ PO-yazd
jest ≈ yest
gotowy ≈ go-TO-vih

A few helpful notes:

Polish j sounds like English y
Polish w sounds like English v
stress is usually on the second-to-last syllable
- PO-jazd
- go-TO-wy

So the whole sentence is roughly: PO-yazd yest go-TO-vih

Is this sentence natural in everyday speech?

Yes, it is grammatical and natural, but it sounds a bit formal, technical, or official because of pojazd.

In everyday conversation, people often use a more specific word, for example:

Samochód jest gotowy. = The car is ready.
Auto jest gotowe. = The car is ready.

So Pojazd jest gotowy is perfectly correct, but it may sound like something from:

transport
logistics
repair/service
military or official communication

Could I use another word instead of gotowy?

Sometimes, yes, but the meaning may change slightly.

gotowy = ready
przygotowany = prepared

Compare:

Pojazd jest gotowy. = The vehicle is ready.
Pojazd jest przygotowany. = The vehicle is prepared.

Gotowy is the most direct equivalent of ready here.
Przygotowany suggests that some preparation has been done.

What would the plural be?

The plural would be:

Pojazdy są gotowe. = The vehicles are ready.

Changes:

pojazd → pojazdy = vehicle → vehicles
jest → są = is → are
gotowy → gotowe = ready (plural, for non-masculine-personal nouns)

Since pojazdy are things, not people, Polish uses gotowe, not gotowi.

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