W aptece proszę o maść i plaster.

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Breakdown of W aptece proszę o maść i plaster.

• i: and
• apteka: the pharmacy
• w: at

Questions & Answers about W aptece proszę o maść i plaster.

Why is it w aptece, not w apteka?

Because w meaning in or inside takes the locative case when it refers to location.

• basic form: apteka = pharmacy
• after w for location: w aptece = in the pharmacy / at the pharmacy

So apteka changes to aptece because of case. The k → c change is a normal Polish spelling/sound alternation in some forms.

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What does proszę mean here exactly?

Grammatically, proszę is the 1st person singular form of prosić, so literally it means I ask or I am asking.

But in real-life Polish, proszę is also very common in polite situations and can feel like:

• please
• I’d like
• may I have

So in this sentence, it is not just a dry literal I ask. It has a polite request meaning.

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Why is there an o after proszę?