Jeśli teraz wyjdziemy z domu, zdążymy na autobus.

the house

Breakdown of Jeśli teraz wyjdziemy z domu, zdążymy na autobus.

• my: we
• teraz: now
• wyjść: to leave

Questions & Answers about Jeśli teraz wyjdziemy z domu, zdążymy na autobus.

Why are both verbs in the future tense in Jeśli teraz wyjdziemy z domu, zdążymy na autobus?

In Polish, when you talk about a real future condition, both parts usually use future forms.

So Polish says:

• Jeśli teraz wyjdziemy z domu = If we leave the house now
• zdążymy na autobus = we’ll catch / we’ll make the bus

In English, after if, we normally use the present: If we leave now, we’ll catch the bus.
But Polish does not follow that pattern here. Using future forms in both clauses is normal and natural.

Why is it wyjdziemy and not będziemy wychodzić?

Wyjdziemy is the perfective future form of wyjść (to go out / to leave). It expresses a completed action: actually getting out of the house.

Polish has two main verb aspects:

• imperfective: focuses on the process, repetition, or duration
• perfective: focuses on completion or result

Here, the important idea is successfully leaving the house, not the process of going out. So wyjdziemy is the natural choice.

Będziemy wychodzić would mean something more like we will be in the process of leaving, which does not fit this sentence well.

What does zdążymy mean exactly?