Jeśli pójdziemy tędy, dojdziemy szybciej do domu.

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Breakdown of Jeśli pójdziemy tędy, dojdziemy szybciej do domu.

• do: to
• pójść: to go (on foot, perfective)
• my: we

Questions & Answers about Jeśli pójdziemy tędy, dojdziemy szybciej do domu.

Why are both verbs in the future tense in Jeśli pójdziemy tędy, dojdziemy szybciej do domu?

In Polish, when you talk about a real future possibility after jeśli (if), you normally use the future tense in both parts:

• jeśli pójdziemy = if we go
• dojdziemy = we will get / reach

This is different from English, where we usually say:

• If we go this way, we’ll get home faster

English uses a present form after if, but Polish does not do that here. So jeśli pójdziemy... is completely normal.

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Why is it pójdziemy and not idziemy?

Pójdziemy is the perfective future of pójść (to go in the sense of a single movement, setting off and going somewhere).

Polish often uses a perfective verb when talking about a completed future action:

• pójdziemy = we will go / we will set off
• idziemy usually means we are going or sometimes we go

Here, the speaker means something like:

• If we go this way...

That is a one-time action in the future, so pójdziemy fits better than idziemy.

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Why is it dojdziemy and not będziemy dochodzić or przyjdziemy?