Polish/Imperative mood

The imperative mood (tryb rozkazujący) in Polish language is used to: Give commands and orders. Zamknij drzwi! - Close the door! Give instructions. Przeczytaj ten tekst. - Read this text. Make requests. Pomóż mi, proszę. - Please help me. Give advice, encouragement, or invitations. Odpocznij trochę. - Rest a little. Chodźmy do kina! - Let's go to the cinema! The imperative answers the question what should someone do now? (co zrób!). Formation The imperative is usually formed from the present-tense stem of a verb. Polish has imperative forms for: Second person singular (ty) First person plural (my) – "let's ..." Second person plural (wy) Third-person commands are expressed with the particle niech. Verb: czytać (to read) PersonPolishEnglishyou (singular)czytajread!weczytajmylet's read!you (plural)czytajcieread! Verb: robić (to do, to make) PersonPolishEnglishyou (singular)róbdo! / make!weróbmylet's do!you (plural)róbciedo! / make! Verb: pisać (to write) PersonPolishEnglishyou (singular)piszwrite!wepiszmylet's write!you (plural)piszciewrite! Third-Person Imperative Commands involving he, she, it, or they use niech. PolishEnglishNiech czyta.Let him/her read.Niech zrobi to teraz.Let him/her do it now.Niech przyjdą jutro.Let them come tomorrow.Niech dzieci się bawią.Let the children play. Negative Imperative Negative commands are formed with nie. PositiveNegativeEnglishczytajnie czytajdon't readróbnie róbdon't dopisznie piszdon't writeidźnie idźdon't go Common Imperative Endings PersonEndingExampleyou (singular)stem / -jczytaj, pisz, róbwe-myczytajmy, piszmy, róbmyyou (plural)-cieczytajcie, piszcie, róbcie Common Expressions PolishEnglishchodź!come!chodźmy!let's go!słuchaj!listen!poczekaj!wait!pomóż mi!help me!nie martw się!don't worry! Notes The imperative has forms only for ty, my, and wy. Commands for third persons are expressed with niech. The imperative is commonly used in instructions, recipes, manuals, and conversations. Adding proszę can make an imperative sound more polite: Usiądź, proszę. - Please sit down. Poczekaj chwilę, proszę. - Please wait a moment.