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The Imperative

Commands

Imperative for commands (ty / wy / my)

Built from the verb stem.

📊 Imperative (robić)
Form Polish
ty rób
my (let's) róbmy
wy róbcie
negative nie rób
💬 Examples
Czekaj!
Wait! (to one person)
📝 czekać → czekaj
Czytajcie!
Read! (to several)
📝 -cie for plural 'you'
Polite commands use niech

niech + 3rd person, or proszę + infinitive.

💬 Examples
Niech pan siada.
Please sit (formal, to a man).
📝 niech = let / may (polite)
Proszę czekać.
Please wait.
📝 proszę + infinitive (polite request)
Aspect affects the imperative

Perfective for one action; imperfective for general/repeated or negatives.

💬 Examples
Zrób to teraz!
Do it now! (one task)
📝 Perfective imperative
Nie rób tego!
Don't do that!
📝 Negative → imperfective