To jest inny rodzaj pojazdu.

In this pattern, to is used in a very common Polish structure for identifying or defining something:

To jest ... = This is ... / It is ...

Here, to does not change for gender the way a normal demonstrative adjective like ten / ta / to would. It works more like a fixed introductory word in definitions and identifications.

So To jest inny rodzaj pojazdu is a very natural way to say This/It is a different type of vehicle.

Jest is the 3rd person singular form of być (to be).

So:

• jest = is

In this sentence, it links to with the description that follows:

• To jest ... = This/It is ...

Usually, in standard Polish, you should keep jest here.

So the normal full sentence is:

• To jest inny rodzaj pojazdu.

You may sometimes hear To inny rodzaj pojazdu in very informal speech or see omissions in headlines, notes, or captions, but for a learner, it is best to use jest.

Because inny has to agree with rodzaj.

The noun rodzaj is:

• singular
• masculine

So the adjective must also be:

• singular
• masculine

That gives:

• inny rodzaj

Compare:

• inny samochód — masculine
• inna książka — feminine
• inne auto — neuter

Rodzaj is in the nominative singular.

It is the main noun in the phrase inny rodzaj pojazdu, and after to jest in a sentence like this, Polish commonly uses the nominative for that defining noun phrase.

So:

• inny rodzaj = nominative singular

Because after rodzaj (type/kind), Polish normally uses the genitive:

• rodzaj czego? = type of what?
• rodzaj pojazdu = type of vehicle

So:

• pojazd = nominative
• pojazdu = genitive singular

This is very common in Polish with words like:

• rodzaj czegoś = type of something
• gatunek czegoś = species/type of something
• część czegoś = part of something

Not always. Rodzaj can mean several related things depending on context, such as:

• type
• kind
• sort
• category

In grammar, rodzaj can also mean gender, as in grammatical gender.

But in this sentence, it clearly means type/kind:

• inny rodzaj pojazdu = a different type of vehicle

This is a very common learner question.

• inny = different / another
• drugi = second / the other one

In this sentence, inny means the vehicle belongs to a different type.

So:

• To jest inny rodzaj pojazdu = This is a different type of vehicle

If you used drugi, it would sound more like the second type or the other one, not simply different.

Polish has no articles equivalent to English a/an/the.

So Polish simply says:

• To jest inny rodzaj pojazdu.

The idea of a is understood from context. This is completely normal in Polish.

Both are masculine inanimate nouns.

That matters because:

• rodzaj controls the form of inny
• pojazd changes to pojazdu here because it is in the genitive singular

So the structure is:

• inny — masculine singular adjective
• rodzaj — masculine singular noun
• pojazdu — genitive singular of masculine noun pojazd

Yes, Polish word order is more flexible than English, but the original order is the most neutral and natural:

• To jest inny rodzaj pojazdu.

You can rearrange parts for emphasis, but the meaning or focus may shift slightly. For example:

• Inny rodzaj pojazdu to jest... — much less neutral, more marked
• To jest pojazd innego rodzaju — possible, but a different structure

For learners, the original sentence is the best basic model.

A rough English-friendly guide is:

to yest IN-nih RO-dzai po-YAZ-doo

A few useful pronunciation notes:

• j sounds like English y
• rz sounds roughly like the zh in measure
• dz is a voiced dz sound
• aj sounds like English eye

So:

• jest ≈ yest
• rodzaj ≈ RO-dzai
• pojazdu ≈ po-YAZ-doo

It is a normal and correct word, but it is a bit more general and formal than some everyday nouns.

• pojazd = vehicle
• samochód = car
• auto = car

So pojazd is useful when you mean any kind of vehicle, not just a car. That is why it fits well with rodzaj in this sentence.