Po obiedzie wycieram stół w kuchni.

Because po meaning after requires the locative case in Polish.

The base noun is obiad.
Its locative singular form is obiedzie.

So:

• obiad = lunch / dinner
• po obiedzie = after lunch / after dinner

This is a very common pattern:

• po pracy = after work
• po szkole = after school
• po filmie = after the film

It depends on context and culture.

In Polish, obiad is usually the main meal of the day, often eaten in the afternoon. In English, that could be translated as:

• lunch in some contexts
• dinner in others

So the exact English word depends on the situation, but the Polish sentence itself is completely natural.

Wycieram is the 1st person singular present tense form of wycierać.

That means:

• wycierać = to wipe
• wycieram = I wipe / I am wiping

The ending -am here tells you the subject is I, so Polish does not need the pronoun ja unless you want emphasis.

It can mean either one.

Polish present tense often covers both:

• a habitual action: I wipe the table after dinner
• an action happening now: I am wiping the table after dinner

The context tells you which meaning is intended.

Because Polish usually drops subject pronouns when the verb already makes the subject clear.

Wycieram already means I wipe / I am wiping, so ja is unnecessary.

You could say:

• Ja wycieram stół w kuchni.

But that sounds more emphatic, like:

• I’m the one wiping the table.
• I wipe the table in the kitchen.

Because stół is the direct object of the verb wycieram.

The noun stół is masculine and inanimate. In Polish, for masculine inanimate nouns, the accusative singular is usually the same as the nominative singular.

So:

• nominative: stół
• accusative: stół

That is why the sentence says:

• wycieram stół = I wipe the table

Compare that with a masculine animate noun, where accusative would change:

• widzę psa = I see the dog

Because this sentence is talking about location, not movement.

• w kuchni = in the kitchen

The preposition w with a location meaning takes the locative case.
The base noun is kuchnia, and its locative form is kuchni.

So:

• kuchnia = kitchen
• w kuchni = in the kitchen

If you were talking about movement to the kitchen, you would usually say:

• do kuchni = to the kitchen

Yes. Polish word order is fairly flexible, because cases show the grammatical roles.

The neutral, natural order here is:

• Po obiedzie wycieram stół w kuchni.

But you could also say things like:

• W kuchni wycieram stół po obiedzie.
• Stół wycieram w kuchni po obiedzie.

These versions are grammatically possible, but they shift the emphasis.

For a learner, the original sentence is the best neutral version.

Yes, wycierać is imperfective.

That matters because the imperfective verb is normally used for:

• repeated or habitual actions
• actions viewed as ongoing
• general descriptions of what someone does

So Po obiedzie wycieram stół w kuchni sounds natural for a routine or general statement.

The perfective partner is wytrzeć.
Its future form would be:

• Po obiedzie wytrę stół w kuchni. = After dinner, I’ll wipe the table.

So the difference is roughly:

• wycieram = I wipe / I am wiping / I usually wipe
• wytrę = I will wipe it completely

Sometimes, but not always.

Wycierać means to wipe.
Ścierać can also mean to wipe, especially to wipe off or to wipe away, but it has other meanings too, such as to rub away or to wear down.

For a simple sentence about wiping a table, wycierać stół is very straightforward and natural.

A learner should remember:

• wycierać = to wipe
• ścierać = to wipe off / rub off / wear away, depending on context

Normally, no.

Po obiedzie is just a short time expression at the beginning of the sentence, and in standard Polish you usually do not put a comma after that.

So the normal punctuation is:

• Po obiedzie wycieram stół w kuchni.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

• wycieram ≈ vuh-CHE-ram
• stół ≈ stoow
• w kuchni ≈ f KOOKH-nyi

A few useful notes:

• w is pronounced like English v, but before a voiceless consonant it often sounds more like f
• ci before a vowel sounds like a soft ch / ć sound
• ó is pronounced like u
• ch is like a throaty h
• Polish stress is usually on the second-to-last syllable:
  • wyCIEram
  • KUCHni

It most naturally modifies the whole action: I wipe the table in the kitchen.

In other words, it tells you where the wiping happens.

In real life, it may also imply that the table is in the kitchen, but grammatically the phrase is attached to the action, not only to stół.

So the sentence is understood as:

• After dinner, I wipe the table, and this happens in the kitchen.