Word
Po prostu poczekajmy chwilę i zobaczmy.
Meaning
Let’s just wait a moment and see.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Po prostu poczekajmy chwilę i zobaczmy.
i
and
zobaczyć
to see
poczekać
to wait
chwila
the moment
Questions & Answers about Po prostu poczekajmy chwilę i zobaczmy.
What verb forms are poczekajmy and zobaczmy?
They’re first-person plural imperative (hortative) forms: “let’s …”.
- poczekajmy comes from perfective poczekać.
- zobaczmy comes from perfective zobaczyć. The ending -my marks “we” (the subject pronoun is not needed).
Why are perfective verbs used here?
Because the speaker proposes single, bounded actions: wait for a bit and then check/see the result.
- poczekajmy (perfective) = wait and be done with it (a short, complete wait).
- czekajmy (imperfective) would sound like “let’s be waiting” (an ongoing process) and is less natural with chwilę here.
- zobaczmy is the natural “let’s see”; the imperfective counterpart (widzieć) isn’t used in this sense.
Can I say Poczekajmy chwilę i zobaczymy?
Yes. It’s common and natural. Nuance:
- … i zobaczmy = two symmetrical suggestions: “let’s wait and let’s see.”
- … i zobaczymy = “let’s wait and we’ll see (what happens)”—slightly more predictive/neutral.
What does po prostu add? Can I drop it?