Po śniadaniu myję ręce, wycieram usta i jeszcze raz patrzę w lustro.

After breakfast I wash my hands, wipe my lips, and look in the mirror once again.

Breakdown of Po śniadaniu myję ręce, wycieram usta i jeszcze raz patrzę w lustro.

• ja: I
• w: in
• i: and
• śniadanie: the breakfast

Questions & Answers about Po śniadaniu myję ręce, wycieram usta i jeszcze raz patrzę w lustro.

What does po śniadaniu mean exactly?

It means after breakfast.

Literally:

• po = after
• śniadaniu = breakfast, in a changed grammatical form

Polish has no articles, so po śniadaniu can mean either after breakfast or after the breakfast, depending on context. In most everyday situations, English simply translates it as after breakfast.

Why is it po śniadaniu, not po śniadanie?

Because the preposition po normally requires the locative case when it means after in time expressions.

So:

• basic form: śniadanie
• after po: po śniadaniu

This is very common:

• po obiedzie = after lunch / after dinner
• po kolacji = after dinner / supper
• po pracy = after work

So po śniadaniu is just the correct case form after po.

Why is there no ja in the sentence?