Weź parasolkę, bo na chodniku przed domem są już duże kałuże.

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Breakdown of Weź parasolkę, bo na chodniku przed domem są już duże kałuże.

• dom: the house
• duży: big
• na: on

Questions & Answers about Weź parasolkę, bo na chodniku przed domem są już duże kałuże.

What form is weź, and why is it used here?

Weź is the imperative form of wziąć, which means to take.

Here it is used to give a direct instruction to one person, so weź parasolkę means take an umbrella.

A few related forms:

• weź — take! (said to one person)
• weźcie — take! (said to more than one person)
• proszę wziąć — please take / take, please (more formal)

So the sentence begins with a simple command.

Why is it parasolkę and not parasolka?

Because parasolka is the dictionary form (nominative singular), but after the verb wziąć / weź the noun is usually in the accusative case, because it is the direct object of the verb.

So:

• parasolka — umbrella
• weź parasolkę — take an umbrella

This is a very common pattern in Polish:

• mam książkę — I have a book
• czytam gazetę — I am reading a newspaper
• weź parasolkę — take an umbrella

For many feminine nouns ending in -a, the accusative singular ends in -ę.

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