Chcę wyszukać autora.

to want

Breakdown of Chcę wyszukać autora.

• autor: the author
• wyszukać: to search

Questions & Answers about Chcę wyszukać autora.

Why is it chcę, and what form is that?

Chcę is the 1st person singular present tense of chcieć (to want).

So:

• (ja) chcę = I want
• (ty) chcesz = you want
• (on/ona/ono) chce = he/she/it wants

A learner often notices that chcę ends in -ę, which is a very common ending for I in present tense verbs in Polish.

Also, Polish usually drops the subject pronoun when it is clear from the verb form, so Ja chcę wyszukać autora is possible, but Chcę wyszukać autora is more natural in many contexts.

Why is wyszukać in the infinitive after chcę?

After chcieć (to want), Polish commonly uses another verb in the infinitive, just like English:

• Chcę iść. = I want to go.
• Chcę czytać. = I want to read.
• Chcę wyszukać autora. = I want to search for / look up the author.

So the pattern is:

• chcę + infinitive

This is one of the most basic and common verb patterns in Polish.

What is the difference between wyszukać and szukać?