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.

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.

Zdążymy comes from zdążyć, a perfective verb meaning:

• to manage to do something in time
• to be in time for something
• to make it

So zdążymy na autobus means:

• we’ll make the bus
• we’ll be in time for the bus
• depending on context, we’ll catch the bus

It is not just about physical speed; it is about being on time before something happens.

After zdążyć, Polish often uses na + accusative when talking about being in time for a means of transport, event, class, train, etc.

So:

• zdążyć na autobus = make it for the bus
• zdążyć na pociąg = make the train
• zdążyć na lekcję = make it to class on time

Here, autobus is in the accusative, but for this noun the accusative looks the same as the nominative:

• nominative: autobus
• accusative: autobus

The preposition z (from / out of) requires the genitive case.

So:

• dom = house/home (dictionary form, nominative)
• z domu = from the house / from home (genitive)

This is a very common pattern in Polish:

• z Polski = from Poland
• z pracy = from work
• z pokoju = from the room

It can mean either, depending on context. In this sentence, z domu most naturally means from home or out of the house.

Polish dom often overlaps with both English house and home.
So wyjść z domu is a very common phrase meaning:

• to leave the house
• to leave home
• to go out

Yes. Polish word order is more flexible than English, because case endings show grammatical relationships.

The neutral version is:

• Jeśli teraz wyjdziemy z domu, zdążymy na autobus.

But you could also say:

• Zdążymy na autobus, jeśli teraz wyjdziemy z domu.

This shifts the emphasis a little, but the basic meaning stays the same.

You can also move teraz for emphasis in some contexts, though the original order is the most natural for a learner to use.

Jeśli clearly means if and is the safest choice for conditional sentences.

So:

• Jeśli teraz wyjdziemy z domu, zdążymy na autobus. = If we leave now, we’ll catch the bus.

In some contexts, Polish speakers may use jak or gdy, especially in speech or regional usage, but for learners:

• use jeśli for if
• use gdy / kiedy for when

That will keep your Polish clear and standard.

Polish often leaves out subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

Here:

• wyjdziemy = we will leave
• zdążymy = we will make it / we will catch

The ending -my tells you the subject is we.

You could add my for emphasis:

• Jeśli teraz my wyjdziemy z domu, zdążymy na autobus.

But normally it is unnecessary and would sound marked or contrastive.

Yes, but in this sentence it works more like right now / at this moment / immediately.

It emphasizes timing:

• Jeśli teraz wyjdziemy... = If we leave now...

Without teraz, the sentence would still make sense:

• Jeśli wyjdziemy z domu, zdążymy na autobus.

But then it sounds more general and less urgent. Teraz adds the idea that the timing is crucial.

Yes, normally yes.

In Polish, when a subordinate clause introduced by words like jeśli appears before the main clause, it is separated by a comma:

• Jeśli teraz wyjdziemy z domu, zdążymy na autobus.

This is standard Polish punctuation.

Yes. That is a very good nuance to notice.

Zdążymy na autobus can mean:

• we’ll catch the bus
• we’ll make the bus
• we’ll be in time for the bus

The exact English translation depends on context. The Polish sentence mainly expresses that leaving now is early enough for the bus, whether you translate that more literally or more naturally.

They are:

• jeśli = if
• teraz = now
• wyjdziemy → dictionary form wyjść = to go out / to leave
• z = from / out of
• domu → dictionary form dom = house / home
• zdążymy → dictionary form zdążyć = to manage to be in time / to make it
• na = for / to / onto depending on context
• autobus = bus

This is often useful because Polish dictionary entries are usually given in the infinitive for verbs and nominative singular for nouns.