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Verb + perfective infinitive or imperfective infinitive form



Kenji75018Threads: 7
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Hi there.
I'm new here and I've been learning polish for years now but this language still has secret for me.

So can someone explain me when we use Verb + perfective infinitive or verb + imperfective infinitive form?

When we say
I want to read
Do we say chcę czytać or chcę przecytać?
Why?
Do we say
Lubię czytać or lubię przeczytać?

Thanks for your help
peter_olsztynThreads: 8
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Kenji75018:
Do we say chcę czytać or chcę przecytać?

chcę przeczytać is more safe

Kenji75018:
Do we say Lubię czytać or lubię przeczytać?

Lubię czytać do poduszki. (in bed)
Lubię przeczytać umowę zanim podpiszę. (paperwork, agreement)

Lubię czytać is better and safer
RubasznyRumcajsThreads: 9
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"I want to read a book"
Chcę (prze-)czytać książkę

both forms are correct, but perfect form indicates that you would like to read it whole, from beginning to end- and imperfect indicates that you would like to 'perform act of reading'

"Lubię czytać książki"
I like reading books

This is repetitive action (you read a lot of books, not one book), so imperfect form is more adequate

hope it was helpfull (a bit)
Kenji75018Threads: 7
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Joined: Dec 12, 09 		  Dec 13, 09, 19:45 /  #
Dziękuję, to pomaga.

Ale kiedy mówisz:
... indicates that you would like to read it whole, from beginning to end.
Does it means the whole book in one time or in several times?

Thanks.
SzwedwPolsceThreads: 13
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Perfect focus on completing the action (to finish the book).
Imperfect focus on the reading itself, not the result of finishing the book. And repeated actions, eg. "i like to read books every weekend".
cinekThreads: 1
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Kenji75018:
Does it means the whole book in one time or in several times?

Doesn't matter. You just want to have it read, today or in a year.

Cinek
Kenji75018Threads: 7
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Ok
Dziękuję Wam za pomoc.
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