Breakdown of Główne wejście, które jest teraz otwarte, jest tam.
być
to be
tam
there
teraz
now
który
which, who (relative)
główny
main
wejście
entrance
otwarty
open
Questions & Answers about Główne wejście, które jest teraz otwarte, jest tam.
Why do we use które here instead of który or która?
The word które (which) is a relative pronoun, and it has to match the gender and number of the noun it refers to. Here, it refers to wejście (entrance). Since wejście is a neuter noun in the singular, we use the neuter form które.
I see główne and otwarte both end in -e. Is that because of wejście?
Exactly! Wejście is a neuter noun. In the nominative case (the basic dictionary form used for the subject of a sentence), adjectives describing a neuter noun take the -e ending. That is why we have główne (main) and otwarte (open). Notice that the pronoun które also uses this neuter ending!
Why are commas required around które jest teraz otwarte?
In English, commas around "which" clauses can sometimes be optional. But in Polish, the rule is strict: you always put a comma before a relative pronoun like które to mark the start of the extra descriptive clause, and another comma at the end to close it.
It looks strange to have jest right next to another jest separated by a comma. Is this correct?
Yes, it is perfectly correct! The sentence is built from two parts. The first jest belongs to the inserted description (które jest teraz otwarte). The second jest finishes the main thought (Główne wejście... jest tam). Because the inserted description ends right before the main thought resumes, the two verbs end up next to each other.
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