{"id":526,"date":"2009-04-21T16:42:10","date_gmt":"2009-04-21T20:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/?p=526"},"modified":"2009-04-21T16:42:10","modified_gmt":"2009-04-21T20:42:10","slug":"polish-present-tense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/polish\/polish-present-tense\/","title":{"rendered":"Polish Present Tense"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of course, since last time I bravely announced that the next post would be about grammar, I put on my procrastinator\u2019s hat and have been doing everything possible to put it off for as long as possible. But then today my friend said \u201cyou\u2019re stupid, the sooner you explain this grammar stuff, the sooner you can devote your time to more interesting things \u2013 like visiting me, for example.\u201d<\/em> And then she went on and actually did the grammar explaining as well:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really simple, OK? In English they have this whole bunch of useless tenses, the one with \u2018do you blah blah\u2019 and the one with \u2018ing something something\u2019 and then the one with \u2018been ing whatever, anyway you know it and besides who cares? All your people really need to know that in Polish all this nonsense turns into one normal present tense, just how gods intended it to be in the first place. End of grammar lesson, now, when do you come visit me? I kup jakie\u015b ciasto po drodze<\/a><\/strong>, OK? (and buy some cake on your way)\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

(Now, if all Polish teachers could be like that! Wow!)<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, I\u2019m sure that now \u201cmy people\u201d are staring at their computer screens and thinking \u201ccome again? ing blah something whatever? huh?\u201d<\/p>\n

So, let\u2019s go over it again. And this time let’s use a handy example. How about the one from the previous post, the one about \u201cJa ucz\u0119 si\u0119 polskiego<\/strong><\/a>\u201d?<\/p>\n

In English you can say the following things:<\/p>\n