Word
Ja piszę coraz szybciej w zeszycie.
Meaning
I am writing faster and faster in the notebook.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Questions & Answers about Ja piszę coraz szybciej w zeszycie.
Can I omit the subject pronoun Ja?
Yes. Polish usually drops subject pronouns because the verb ending shows the person. Piszę coraz szybciej w zeszycie is the neutral version. Keeping Ja adds emphasis or contrast, like “I (as opposed to others) am writing faster and faster…”
Why is it piszę and not pisze?
- Piszę (with ę) = “I write/I am writing” (1st person singular).
- Pisze (without ę) = “he/she/it writes” (3rd person singular). Diacritics matter in Polish; pisze and piszę are different forms. Full present of pisać:
- ja piszę
- ty piszesz
- on/ona/ono pisze
- my piszemy
- wy piszecie
- oni/one piszą
Does piszę mean “I write” or “I am writing”?
Both. The Polish present of an imperfective verb like pisać covers simple and progressive meanings. Context decides which is intended.
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