Breakdown of Weźcie talerze z szafy, nalejcie zupę i podajcie chleb babci.
chleb
the bread
i
and
z
from
zupa
the soup
Questions & Answers about Weźcie talerze z szafy, nalejcie zupę i podajcie chleb babci.
Why do all three verbs end in -cie?
Because they are imperatives addressed to more than one person: weźcie, nalejcie, podajcie.
In Polish, -cie is the usual ending for the 2nd person plural imperative, roughly you all, do this.
So:
- weź = take! (to one person)
- weźcie = take! (to more than one person)
The same pattern appears in:
- nalej / nalejcie
- podaj / podajcie
This form can also be used politely when speaking to a group.
What exactly is weźcie? It doesn’t look like the infinitive wziąć.
Weźcie is the imperative form of wziąć (to take), and this verb is a bit irregular.
Main forms:
- infinitive: wziąć
- imperative singular: weź
- imperative plural: weźcie
So even though the infinitive starts with wzi-, the command form becomes weź-.
This is just something learners usually memorize as a set:
- wziąć → weź / weźcie
Why is it talerze and not talerzy?