Questions & Answers about Połóż proszę telefon na biurku.
Why does the sentence start with połóż? What form is that?
Połóż is the imperative form of the verb położyć, so it means put! / place! when speaking to one person.
In this sentence, it is a command or request:
- połóż = put
- spoken to you singular, usually informal you
Polish often leaves out the subject ty (you) because it is already understood from the verb form.
Why is it połóż, not położyć?
Położyć is the dictionary form (the infinitive), meaning to put / to place.
To tell someone to do the action, Polish changes the verb into the imperative:
- położyć = to put
- połóż = put!
So połóż proszę telefon na biurku literally has the structure:
- put please phone on desk
What is the role of proszę here?