Do sosu dodaję czosnek i pieczarki, a potem smażę wszystko na oleju.

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Breakdown of Do sosu dodaję czosnek i pieczarki, a potem smażę wszystko na oleju.

• i: and
• do: to
• na: in

Questions & Answers about Do sosu dodaję czosnek i pieczarki, a potem smażę wszystko na oleju.

Why is it do sosu and not do sos?

Because the preposition do requires the genitive case.

• sos = sauce
• do sosu = to the sauce / into the sauce

So:

• sos is the basic dictionary form
• sosu is the genitive singular form

This is a very common pattern in Polish:

• do domu = to the house / home
• do sklepu = to the shop
• do zupy = into the soup

In this sentence, Do sosu dodaję... literally means To the sauce I add...

Why is dodaję in the present tense if the sentence describes a recipe step?

Polish often uses the present tense to describe instructions, demonstrations, or a sequence of actions, especially in cooking.

So dodaję literally means I add, but in context it can sound like:

• I add
• I’m adding
• You add (as an instruction, in a looser English translation)

This style is natural in Polish when someone is explaining what they do step by step.

Compare:

• Do sosu dodaję czosnek... = I add garlic to the sauce...
• Potem smażę wszystko... = Then I fry everything...

It is a kind of instructional/narrative present.