{"id":467,"date":"2009-01-16T05:03:28","date_gmt":"2009-01-16T09:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=467"},"modified":"2014-06-10T14:55:36","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T14:55:36","slug":"polish-adverbs-and-aspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/polish-adverbs-and-aspect\/","title":{"rendered":"Adverbs and Aspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you read this post I\u2019ll be most likely sitting on a ferry going from Antigua to Barbuda. Oh yeah!<br \/>\nBut I couldn\u2019t just go on vacation and leave you here with nothing to read, now could I?<\/p>\n<p>So, I thought that in my absence we continue with the perfective-imperfective goodness and see where it takes us.<\/p>\n<p>My very own Polish language test subject asked me if there was any way to magically divine whether a verb used in a sentence is perfective or imperfective. Well, I\u2019m not so sure about magic &#8211; that stuff always eludes me, but there are some non- magical subtle clues sometimes. You just need to learn to look for them.<\/p>\n<p>Adverbs are one of those clues. You see, some adverbs are more compatible with imperfective verbs, and some with perfective.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a handy list.<\/p>\n<p>Adverbs compatible with imperfective verbs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>od czasu do czasu<\/strong> \u2013 from time to time<\/li>\n<li><strong>rzadko<\/strong> \u2013 seldom<\/li>\n<li><strong>wci\u0105\u017c<\/strong> \u2013 continually<\/li>\n<li><strong>ci\u0105gle<\/strong> \u2013 often<\/li>\n<li><strong>cz\u0119sto<\/strong> \u2013 often<\/li>\n<li><strong>nigdy<\/strong> \u2013 never<\/li>\n<li><strong>zawsze<\/strong> \u2013 always<\/li>\n<li><strong>jeszcze<\/strong> \u2013 still<\/li>\n<li><strong>czasami, czasem<\/strong> \u2013 sometimes<\/li>\n<li><strong>zwykle<\/strong> \u2013 usually<\/li>\n<li><strong>d\u0142ugo<\/strong> \u2013 for a long time<\/li>\n<li><strong>regularnie<\/strong> \u2013 regularly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And adverbs compatible with perfective verbs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>za chwil\u0119<\/strong> \u2013 in a moment<\/li>\n<li><strong>nagle<\/strong> \u2013 suddenly<\/li>\n<li><strong>w\u0142a\u015bnie<\/strong> \u2013 (only) just<\/li>\n<li><strong>dopiero co<\/strong> \u2013 only just<\/li>\n<li><strong>zaraz<\/strong> \u2013 right away<\/li>\n<li><strong>w ko\u0144cu<\/strong> \u2013 in the end<\/li>\n<li><strong>wkr\u00f3tce<\/strong> \u2013 shortly, soon<\/li>\n<li><strong>natychmiast<\/strong> \u2013 immediately<\/li>\n<li><strong>przed chwil\u0105<\/strong> \u2013 a moment ago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For example:<br \/>\n<strong> Zawsze wracam p\u00f3\u017ano z pracy<\/strong>. \u2013 I always return late from work.<br \/>\n<strong> W\u0142a\u015bnie wr\u00f3ci\u0142am z pracy.<\/strong> \u2013 I have just returned from work.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>wraca\u0107<\/strong> \u2013 to return, to come back (imperfective)<\/li>\n<li><strong>wr\u00f3ci\u0107<\/strong> \u2013 to return, to come back (perfective)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you read this post I\u2019ll be most likely sitting on a ferry going from Antigua to Barbuda. 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