Kurier doręczy osiem przesyłek.

the courier

Breakdown of Kurier doręczy osiem przesyłek.

• przesyłka: the shipment
• doręczyć: to deliver an item
• osiem: 8

Questions & Answers about Kurier doręczy osiem przesyłek.

What case is kurier in?

Kurier is in the nominative singular because it is the subject of the sentence — the person doing the action.

Its dictionary form is also kurier. The verb doręczy agrees with it in 3rd person singular.

Why does doręczy mean will deliver and not delivers?

Because doręczy comes from the perfective verb doręczyć.

In Polish, perfective verbs do not normally describe an action happening right now. Their present-looking forms usually have future meaning. So:

• doręczy = will deliver / will complete the delivery
• imperfective doręcza = delivers, is delivering, or delivers regularly, depending on context

So Kurier doręczy osiem przesyłek refers to a completed future action.

What is the infinitive of doręczy?

The infinitive is doręczyć.

So the pattern is:

• doręczyć = infinitive
• doręczy = he/she/it will deliver

This is a very common Polish pattern with verbs ending in -ić / -yć or similar-looking forms, where the finite form is a bit shorter than the infinitive.

Why is it osiem przesyłek and not osiem przesyłki?