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Polish verbs (in english)

plgThreads: 25 Posts: 316 Joined: Jul 9, 06	Aug 21, 08, 15:23 / #
EXAMPLE i think this is write......... słuchać / posłuchać = to listen / to hear ja słucham ( i listen, i am listening, i do listen) ty słuchasz ( you listen, you are listening, you do listen) on/ona/ono słucha ( he listens, he is listening, he does listen) my słuchamy ( we listen, we are listening, we do listen) wy słuchacie (you listen, you are listening, you do listen) oni/one ( they listen, they are listening, they do listen) now how about NAZYWAĆ / NAZWAĆ = to name / to call ja nazywam ( i name joe bloggs , i am naming joe bloggs, i do name joe bloggs) ty nazywasz ( you call joe bloggs, you are calling joe bloggs, you do call joe bloggs) NONE OF THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THAT VERB help please

sausageThreads: 25 Posts: 1,053 Joined: Sep 21, 07	Edited by: sausage Aug 21, 08, 15:26 / #
plg: NAZYWAĆ If somebody is asking about your name or you are giving your name it is used in it's reflexive form. Jak się nazywasz? (What's your name? / What do you call yourself?) Nazywam się... (insert name here) Which basically means I call myself...

polishgirltx	Edited by: polishgirltx Aug 21, 08, 15:29 / #
sausage: Nazywam się... my name is... her name is.... - ona ma na imię... i call her Becky - nazywam ją Becky ... plg: i think this is write......... ? are you sure?

SwiteziankaThreads: - Posts: 525 Joined: Jun 17, 08	Aug 21, 08, 15:29 / #
ja nazywam ty nazywasz ona/ona/ono nazywa my nazywamy wy nazywacie oni/one nazywają

sausageThreads: 25 Posts: 1,053 Joined: Sep 21, 07	Aug 21, 08, 15:35 / #
polishgirltx: my name is... I have edited my entry above! If you are giving your full name you would normally use nazywam się..., or the form below if giving just your first name. Mam na imię ... (first name)

plgThreads: 25 Posts: 316 Joined: Jul 9, 06	Aug 21, 08, 16:56 / #
yes so what would wy nazywacie mean then we named ........ it still doesnt make sense i dont want jak ma na imie NAZYWAC

sausageThreads: 25 Posts: 1,053 Joined: Sep 21, 07	Edited by: sausage Aug 21, 08, 16:57 / #
plg: wy nazywacie You (plural) called/named (informal, e.g. to children /friends) my=us

SwiteziankaThreads: - Posts: 525 Joined: Jun 17, 08	Aug 21, 08, 17:44 / #
plg: yes so what would wy nazywacie mean then we named ........ wy nazywacie = you (plural) name/call we named = (my) nazwaliśmy/nazwałyśmy sausage: i dont want jak ma na imie NAZYWAC So I gave you the whole present tense inflection. What's you problem?

HAL9009Threads: 2 Posts: 329 Joined: Mar 13, 07	Aug 24, 08, 10:26 / #
In french you have reflexive verbs (se laver - to wash oneself) and non reflexive verbs (laver - to wash). The french verbs use "me, te, se, etc" in the conjugation. Polish uses reflexive verbs a lot (nazywać się - to name oneself/to call oneself) and non-reflexive verbs (nazywać - to name something not being oneself). In french nazywam się Johnny = je m'appel Johnny, not Je suis Johnny. Polishe uses "się" in all persons of the conjugation. It is likely that Polish uses reflexive verbs in a similar manner to french. Hope this helps to clarify (with apologies for my poor french, it's a long time since I've used my french) Polish verbs are actually quite logical (at least I find them so), but complicated. Try looking them up in this grammar book here: http://polish.slavic.pitt.edu/grammar.pdf Verbs are covered in detail and ther are a lot of examples of the conjugation.

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