Word
Jeśli nie zapomnę o skierowaniu, jutro rano znowu pójdę do laboratorium.
Meaning
If I do not forget the referral, tomorrow morning I will go to the laboratory again.
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Breakdown of Jeśli nie zapomnę o skierowaniu, jutro rano znowu pójdę do laboratorium.
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I
do
to
nie
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rano
in the morning
Questions & Answers about Jeśli nie zapomnę o skierowaniu, jutro rano znowu pójdę do laboratorium.
Why does the sentence start with Jeśli? Could I also say Jeżeli?
Yes. Jeśli and jeżeli both mean if.
- jeśli is very common and natural in everyday speech
- jeżeli can sound a bit more formal or careful
In this sentence, Jeśli nie zapomnę o skierowaniu... means If I don't forget the referral...
Both are correct here.
Why is it zapomnę, not zapominam?
Because zapomnę comes from the perfective verb zapomnieć, and it refers to a single completed future event: I will forget.
Compare:
- zapomnieć → perfective → zapomnę = I will forget
- zapominać → imperfective → zapominam = I forget / I am forgetting / I tend to forget
Here the speaker is talking about one possible future situation, so nie zapomnę is the natural choice.
Why does Polish use nie zapomnę after Jeśli? In English we usually say if I don't forget, not if I won't forget.