Questions & Answers about Nie spiesz się, zdążymy na czas.
Polish often leaves subject pronouns out because the verb form already tells you who the subject is.
- spiesz = an imperative addressed to one person, so it means you, hurry
- zdążymy = we will make it / we’ll be on time
So Polish does not need explicit ty or my here unless you want extra emphasis.
Because the natural verb here is spieszyć się, which means to hurry or to be in a hurry.
In Polish, się is a very common particle used with many verbs. Sometimes it makes the verb reflexive, and sometimes it is just part of the standard dictionary form. Here, you should learn the whole expression as:
- spieszyć się = to hurry
So Nie spiesz się is literally built from that full verb.
Spiesz is the imperative form of spieszyć się for one person, informally.
So:
- spieszyć się = to hurry
- spiesz się = hurry
- nie spiesz się = don’t hurry
This is how Polish makes a negative command: nie + imperative.