Czy może Pan obrócić ekran w moją stronę? Z daleka nic nie widzę.

Yes. Czy is a common marker used to introduce a yes/no question in Polish.

So:

• Czy może Pan obrócić ekran w moją stronę? = Could you turn the screen toward me?

In everyday speech, Polish speakers sometimes omit czy and rely on intonation:

• Może Pan obrócić ekran w moją stronę?

Both are correct. Adding czy can make the question sound a bit more clearly structured.

Pan is the formal way to say you when speaking to a man in Polish. It is used much like sir or formal you in English.

• Pan = formal singular masculine
• Pani = formal singular feminine
• Państwo = formal plural

Capitalizing Pan is very common in polite writing because it shows respect. In normal running text, you may also see pan with a lowercase p, especially outside very polite or formal contexts.

Informal versions would be different, for example:

• Czy możesz obrócić ekran w moją stronę? = informal, to one person you know well
• Czy możecie obrócić ekran w moją stronę? = informal plural

In formal Polish, może Pan...? literally means can Mr./sir...?, but it functions as can you...? / could you...?

This is one of the standard ways to make a polite request.

Compare:

• Może Pan obrócić ekran...? = Can/Could you turn the screen...?
• Czy mógłby Pan obrócić ekran...? = Could you turn the screen...? / even a bit more polite or softer

So może Pan is normal and natural in polite speech.

This is about aspect, which is very important in Polish verbs.

• obrócić = perfective
• obracać = imperfective

Here the speaker is asking for one completed action: turn the screen around once. That is why obrócić is the natural choice.

• Czy może Pan obrócić ekran...? = Could you turn the screen...? (one completed turn)

If you used obracać, it would sound less natural here because that verb suggests an ongoing, repeated, or habitual action.

Because ekran is a masculine inanimate noun, and in the singular its accusative form is the same as its nominative form.

So:

• ekran = nominative
• ekran = accusative

Since obrócić takes a direct object, the sentence needs the accusative, but for this noun the form stays the same.

W moją stronę means toward me / in my direction.

Breakdown:

• w = into / toward / in
• moją = my in the feminine accusative singular
• stronę = side / direction in the accusative singular

The whole phrase is idiomatic and very common in Polish for expressing direction:

• w moją stronę = toward my side / toward me
• w twoją stronę = toward your side
• w naszą stronę = toward our side

A very natural English translation is simply toward me.

Because w stronę in this directional meaning takes the accusative.

The noun strona is feminine, so in the accusative singular it becomes:

• strona → stronę

And the possessive adjective has to match it:

• moja strona → nominative
• moją stronę → accusative

So the endings show grammatical agreement and case.

Sometimes do mnie works in Polish, but here w moją stronę is better.

• obrócić ekran do mnie may be understood, but it sounds less natural
• obrócić ekran w moją stronę is the usual way to say turn the screen toward me

Do mnie is more common with movement directly to a person, for example:

• Podejdź do mnie. = Come over to me.

With the direction an object is facing, w moją stronę is the more natural phrase.

Z daleka means from afar / from a distance.

This is a fixed expression:

• z = from
• daleka = an old genitive-type form related to daleko / distance

You do not need to analyze it too deeply as a beginner; it is best learned as a whole phrase:

• z daleka = from far away
• z bliska = from close up

In this sentence, Z daleka nic nie widzę means I can’t see anything from this distance.

Because double negation is required in Polish.

In English, standard double negatives are usually avoided, but in Polish they are normal and grammatical.

So:

• nic nie widzę = literally nothing I do not see
• natural English: I can’t see anything / I see nothing

Other examples:

• Nigdy nie chodzę tam. = I never go there.
• Nikt mnie nie zna. = Nobody knows me.

If you said nic widzę, it would be incorrect.

Because widzieć means to see in a general, ongoing sense, while zobaczyć means to catch sight of / manage to see as a completed event.

Here the speaker is describing their current situation:

• Z daleka nic nie widzę. = From this distance I can’t see anything.

That is why widzę is the natural choice.

If you said nic nie zobaczę, it would mean something more like:

• I won’t be able to see anything
• I won’t manage to see anything

That changes the nuance.

Yes, it is polite already because it uses Pan and a question form.

Still, there are softer or more formal alternatives:

• Czy może Pan obrócić ekran w moją stronę? = polite and natural
• Czy mógłby Pan obrócić ekran w moją stronę? = a bit softer / more formally polite
• Czy mógłby Pan, proszę, obrócić ekran w moją stronę? = very polite

Adding proszę often makes the request sound more courteous.

Yes. Polish word order is fairly flexible, though some versions sound more natural than others.

For example:

• Czy może Pan obrócić ekran w moją stronę? = neutral, natural
• Czy może Pan ekran obrócić w moją stronę? = possible, but a bit more marked
• Z daleka nic nie widzę. = neutral
• Nic nie widzę z daleka. = also correct, slightly different emphasis

Polish often changes word order to shift emphasis rather than basic meaning.

You change the pronoun/formality level.

To a woman formally:

• Czy może Pani obrócić ekran w moją stronę?

To a friend informally:

• Czy możesz obrócić ekran w moją stronę?

To several people informally:

• Czy możecie obrócić ekran w moją stronę?

To several people formally:

• Czy mogą Państwo obrócić ekran w moją stronę?

So the structure stays similar, but the polite pronoun and verb form change.