Proszę iść w tamtą stronę, tam jest wyjście.

Please go in that direction; the exit is there.

Breakdown of Proszę iść w tamtą stronę, tam jest wyjście.

• być: to be
• w: in
• iść: to go
• proszę: please

Questions & Answers about Proszę iść w tamtą stronę, tam jest wyjście.

Why does the sentence use proszę iść instead of just idź?

Proszę iść is a polite way to tell someone what to do. It is very common in directions, announcements, and service situations.

Compare:

• Idź w tamtą stronę. = go that way.
  
  • informal, singular
• Proszę iść w tamtą stronę. = please go that way.
  
  • polite / neutral
• Niech pan/pani idzie w tamtą stronę. = please go that way.
  
  • polite, a bit more explicitly formal

So proszę iść sounds more courteous than a plain imperative.

What exactly does proszę mean here?

Here proszę works like please.

Its basic verb is prosić = to ask / to request, so historically it comes from I ask. But in everyday Polish, proszę is also a standard polite word used when:

• asking someone to do something
• offering something
• inviting someone
• responding politely

In this sentence, it is not really I ask in a strong literal sense. It simply makes the instruction polite.

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