Może warto poczekać jeszcze pięć minut.

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Breakdown of Może warto poczekać jeszcze pięć minut.

• minuta: the minute
• poczekać: to wait
• może: maybe

Questions & Answers about Może warto poczekać jeszcze pięć minut.

What does Może mean here? Is it "maybe" or "can/may"?

Here Może means maybe/perhaps (an adverb). The identical spelling can also be the 3rd person singular of móc (he/she/it can), but context tells them apart:

• Może warto poczekać… = Maybe it’s worth waiting…
• On może poczekać. = He can wait.

Tip: Don’t confuse może with morze (the sea).

Why is there no comma after Może?

Because Może here is not a parenthetical insert but an adverb modifying the whole statement. Polish does not require a comma after it in this use: Może warto…. Writing Może, warto… would be incorrect.

What exactly is warto?

Warto is an impersonal predicative meaning it is worth. It doesn’t change for person or number and is followed by an infinitive:

• Warto spróbować. = It is worth trying.
• Negative: Nie warto ryzykować. = It’s not worth risking.

Why is the verb in the infinitive (poczekać) after warto?