Naszą wypłatę dostaniemy dopiero w poniedziałek, ale rachunki muszę zapłacić wcześniej.

Because naszą wypłatę is the direct object of dostaniemy (we will receive/get), so it has to be in the accusative case.

• dictionary form: nasza wypłata
• accusative form: naszą wypłatę

Both words change because the adjective nasza (our) must agree with the noun wypłata in gender, number, and case.

Dostaniemy means we will get / we will receive.

It comes from the verb dostać (to get, to receive), which is a perfective verb. In Polish, perfective verbs use present-tense forms to talk about the future.

So:

• dostanę = I will get
• dostaniesz = you will get
• dostaniemy = we will get

The ending -my shows that the subject is we.

Dopiero adds the idea of only, not until, or as late as.

In this sentence, the most natural meaning is:

• we won’t get our pay until Monday
• we’ll only get our pay on Monday

So dopiero suggests delay or lateness from the speaker’s point of view.

Polish commonly uses w + accusative with days of the week to mean on that day.

So:

• w poniedziałek = on Monday
• we wtorek = on Tuesday
• w środę = on Wednesday

Here, poniedziałek is in the accusative, but for this masculine inanimate noun, the accusative form looks the same as the nominative.

Ale means but.

It connects two contrasting ideas:

• we won’t get our pay until Monday
• but I have to pay the bills earlier

So the contrast is between money arriving late and expenses needing to be paid sooner.

Here rachunki is the direct object of zapłacić (to pay), so it is in the accusative plural.

The singular noun is:

• rachunek = bill, invoice, check

The plural is:

• rachunki = bills

For many masculine inanimate nouns in Polish, the accusative plural looks exactly the same as the nominative plural, so rachunki can be either nominative plural or accusative plural depending on the sentence.

Because the subject changes between the two clauses.

• dostaniemy = we will get
• muszę = I must

So the sentence means something like:

• We’ll get our pay only on Monday, but I have to pay the bills earlier.

This is perfectly normal. The speaker is talking first about a shared salary/payment situation, and then about their own personal obligation.

Because zapłacić is the perfective form, and it focuses on completing the payment.

• muszę zapłacić = I have to pay / I have to get it paid
• muszę płacić = I have to be paying / I have to pay regularly

In this sentence, the speaker means a specific completed action: the bills need to be paid.

Wcześniej means earlier, sooner, or before that.

Here it means the bills must be paid before Monday, or more generally before the salary arrives.

It is a relative word: it tells you something happens earlier than another point in time already understood from context.

Because Polish often omits subject pronouns when the verb ending already shows who the subject is.

• dostaniemy already means we will get
• muszę already means I must

You could add my or ja for emphasis, but normally they are not necessary.

For example:

• My dostaniemy... = We will get...
• Ja muszę... = I have to...

Adding them gives extra stress or contrast.

Yes. Polish word order is fairly flexible because case endings show the grammatical roles.

This sentence could also be arranged in other ways, for example:

• Dostaniemy naszą wypłatę dopiero w poniedziałek...
• Dopiero w poniedziałek dostaniemy naszą wypłatę...

These versions mean basically the same thing, but the emphasis changes slightly.

The original sentence puts naszą wypłatę near the front, which can make our pay feel more prominent as the topic.

Often yes, but it depends on context.

Wypłata usually means:

• pay
• paycheck
• wages received
• sometimes salary payment

So naszą wypłatę dostaniemy is very natural for we’ll get our pay / paycheck.

A related word is pensja, which more directly means salary as a regular amount someone earns. But wypłata focuses more on the actual payout or payday result.