Nie marudź, tylko podaj mi tę skórzaną torebkę z krzesła.

Nie marudź is an imperative, so it is a command: Don’t whine / Don’t complain / Stop fussing.

The verb is marudzić, which can mean things like:

• to whine
• to grumble
• to complain in an annoying way
• to fuss or drag things out

So in this sentence, it has a slightly impatient tone. The speaker is basically saying: Stop complaining/fussing and just do it.

Yes, tylko often means only, but in sentences like this it can also mean something closer to:

• just
• simply
• instead

In Nie marudź, tylko podaj mi..., it works like:

• Don’t complain, just hand me...
• Don’t fuss, just give me...

So here tylko contrasts the two actions:

• not whining
• but rather doing the requested action

A very natural English equivalent is just.

Podaj is the imperative of podać, which usually means:

• to hand over
• to pass
• to give someone something directly

So podaj mi torebkę means hand me the bag / pass me the bag.

By contrast, daj from dać simply means give. That is also possible in many situations, but podaj fits especially well when an object is nearby and someone wants you to physically pass it to them.

So:

• daj mi torebkę = give me the bag
• podaj mi torebkę = hand/pass me the bag

In this sentence, podaj sounds very natural because the bag is on a chair and the speaker wants the listener to pick it up and hand it over.

Mi means to me.

It is the dative form of ja in its short unstressed version. In this sentence:

• podaj mi tę torebkę = hand me that bag
• literally: hand to me that bag

Polish often uses these short pronoun forms:

• mi = to me
• ci = to you
• mu = to him
• jej = to her

So mi is there because the action is being done for / to the speaker.

Because torebkę is the direct object of the verb, and in Polish that usually means the accusative case.

The dictionary form is:

• ta torebka = that bag

But in the accusative singular feminine, ta becomes tę:

• Widzę tę torebkę = I see that bag
• Podaj mi tę torebkę = Hand me that bag

So:

• ta = nominative
• tę = accusative feminine singular

In everyday speech, some speakers may say tą in places where standard grammar prefers tę, but in careful standard Polish, tę is the form expected here.

Both words are in the accusative singular feminine because they refer to the direct object.

Base forms:

• skórzana = leather
• torebka = handbag / bag

In the sentence, they become:

• skórzaną torebkę

Why?

Because torebka is a feminine noun, and as the direct object after podaj, it takes the accusative. The adjective must agree with the noun in:

• gender
• number
• case

So:

• nominative: ta skórzana torebka
• accusative: tę skórzaną torebkę

This is a very important Polish pattern: adjectives change their endings to match the noun.

Here torebka most likely means handbag / purse / small bag.

It is not the general word for all bags. Compare:

• torebka = handbag, purse, small bag
• torba = larger bag, shopping bag, tote bag, etc.

So skórzana torebka is most naturally:

• a leather handbag
• possibly a leather purse depending on context and regional English

Z krzesła means from the chair.

The preposition z often means:

• from
• off
• out of, depending on context

Here it indicates the place the bag is being taken from:

• podaj mi tę torebkę z krzesła = hand me that bag from the chair

So the chair is where the bag currently is.

Also notice that z requires the genitive case, which is why:

• krzesło becomes krzesła

Because the preposition z takes the genitive case.

The base form is:

• krzesło = chair

After z, it becomes:

• z krzesła = from the chair

This is a standard Polish pattern:

• z domu = from the house
• z biurka = from the desk
• z krzesła = from the chair

So the ending changes because of the preposition.

The sentence is quite natural as written, but Polish word order is more flexible than English word order.

This version:

• Nie marudź, tylko podaj mi tę skórzaną torebkę z krzesła.

sounds natural and clear.

Why this order works well:

• Nie marudź sets the tone first
• tylko podaj mi gives the requested action
• tę skórzaną torebkę identifies the object
• z krzesła tells you where it is

You could sometimes rearrange parts for emphasis, but not all versions sound equally natural. For example, moving mi or z krzesła around is possible, but the original order is a very good neutral pattern.

Not especially. It sounds direct and a bit impatient.

Reasons:

• Nie marudź is quite blunt: Don’t whine / Stop fussing
• the imperative podaj is a command
• there is no softening phrase like proszę or czy mógłbyś / mogłabyś

So the tone is something like:

• Stop complaining and hand me that leather bag from the chair.

It could be normal between family members or close friends in an irritated moment, but it is not something you would usually say in a formal or especially polite context.

A softer version might be:

• Nie marudź, tylko podaj mi proszę tę skórzaną torebkę z krzesła.

or even more politely:

• Czy możesz mi podać tę skórzaną torebkę z krzesła?

Podać is perfective.

That matters because perfective verbs in Polish usually focus on:

• a completed action
• a single result

So podaj! means something like:

• hand it over
• pass it to me
• do this one complete action

Its imperfective partner is podawać. But for a simple one-time command, Polish usually prefers the perfective imperative:

• podaj mi torebkę = hand me the bag

Using perfective here feels natural because the speaker wants one concrete result: the bag passed to them.

A rough breakdown is:

• Nie = not / don’t
• marudź = whine, grumble, fuss
• tylko = just / instead
• podaj = hand over / pass
• mi = to me
• tę = that (accusative feminine singular)
• skórzaną = leather (accusative feminine singular)
• torebkę = handbag / purse (accusative singular)
• z = from
• krzesła = chair (genitive singular)

So very literally:

• Don’t whine, just hand to me that leather handbag from the chair.

Natural English:

• Don’t fuss, just hand me that leather handbag from the chair.