Odejdź od książkomatu, proszę.

Odejdź is the imperative form, used to tell one person to do something.

It comes from the verb odejść, which means to go away / walk away / move away.

So odejdź means:

• go away
• step away
• move away

In this sentence, it is a command directed at one person.

Because odejść specifically means to move away from something or someone, while iść just means to go / to walk.

So:

• idź = go
• odejdź = go away / move away

In Odejdź od książkomatu, the speaker is not just telling someone to walk, but to move away from the book locker. That is why odejdź is the natural choice.

Od means from / away from.

It shows what the person should move away from:

• odejdź od drzwi = move away from the door
• odejdź od okna = move away from the window
• odejdź od książkomatu = move away from the book locker

So od is required here to introduce the thing someone is moving away from.

Because the preposition od requires the genitive case.

The dictionary form is:

• książkomat

After od, it changes to the genitive:

• od książkomatu

This is a very common pattern in Polish:

• dom → od domu
• sklep → od sklepu
• książkomat → od książkomatu

So the ending changes because of the case required by od.

Książkomat is a modern compound noun. It literally contains:

• książka = book
• the ending -mat, by analogy with words like bankomat or paczkomat

A książkomat is basically a book locker, book vending/collection machine, or an automated place where you can pick up or return books, often from a library.

Even if there is no perfect one-word English equivalent, the idea is clear: it is a machine or locker connected with books.

It depends on the situation.

• Odejdź by itself is a direct command, so it can sound strong.
• Adding proszę makes it softer and more polite.

So:

• Odejdź od książkomatu. = more direct, possibly sharp
• Odejdź od książkomatu, proszę. = Please move away from the book locker.

Even with proszę, it is still a command, but it sounds more courteous.

In Polish, proszę can appear in different positions, and putting it at the end is very natural.

These are all possible:

• Proszę, odejdź od książkomatu.
• Odejdź, proszę, od książkomatu.
• Odejdź od książkomatu, proszę.

The version with proszę at the end often sounds smooth and conversational. It is similar to English ..., please.

Odejdź is the imperative for one person.

If you are speaking to more than one person, you would say:

• Odejdźcie od książkomatu, proszę.

So:

• odejdź = move away (one person)
• odejdźcie = move away (more than one person)

Grammatically, odejdź is the 2nd person singular imperative, which is the form used with ty.

So on its own, it is not the standard pan/pani formal structure.

However, in real life, commands with proszę can sometimes be used politely in public situations, especially if the context is urgent or practical. Still, a more formally polite version could be:

• Proszę odejść od książkomatu.

That version avoids ty and sounds more neutral or formal.

So the original sentence is:

• polite because of proszę
• but still structurally closer to speaking directly to one person

Yes. Odejść is a perfective verb.

That matters because perfective imperatives often focus on completing a single action:

• odejdź = move away, do it now, complete the action

The imperfective partner is odchodzić. Its imperative odchodź is much less likely in this context and would suggest something more ongoing, repeated, or process-like.

For a normal one-time instruction, odejdź is the natural choice.

A rough pronunciation guide is:

• Odejdź ≈ o-DAYJCH
• od ≈ ot
• książkomatu ≈ kshonsh-ko-MA-too
• proszę ≈ PRO-sheh

A few useful notes:

• dź / dź in odejdź is a soft sound, not exactly like ordinary English j, but that is a useful approximation.
• ą in książkomatu is a nasal vowel; before some consonants it may sound closer to on or om.
• sz sounds like English sh.
• ę in proszę is often pronounced less nasally in everyday speech, especially at the end of a word.

Yes, and it would mean something like move away from the book locker or step back from the book locker.

But there is a slight difference:

• odejdź od książkomatu = go away from it, move off from that place
• odsuń się od książkomatu = shift yourself away, step back, move aside

So both can work, but odejdź emphasizes going away, while odsuń się emphasizes creating distance by moving back or aside.

Yes, Polish word order is fairly flexible.

The sentence:

• Odejdź od książkomatu, proszę.

is a very natural default order:

1. command
2. phrase showing what to move away from
3. polite marker

You could also hear:

• Proszę, odejdź od książkomatu.
• Od książkomatu odejdź, proszę.

But the original version is the most straightforward and neutral. Changes in word order usually affect emphasis, not the core meaning.