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### Looking Forward with "Cieszyć się na"

To express that you are eagerly anticipating or "looking forward to" an upcoming event, Polish uses the reflexive verb **cieszyć się** (to be glad/happy) paired with the preposition **na**.

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### The Grammar: "Na" + Accusative

Whenever you use **cieszyć się na** to anticipate something, the noun that follows must be in the Accusative case.

Fortunately, for many events—like masculine inanimate nouns (**przylot**, **rejs**, **debiut**) and non-virile plurals (**odwiedziny**)—the Accusative form is identical to the dictionary (Nominative) form.

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### Pairing with Similar Verbs

You can naturally pair **cieszyć się na** with other verbs that also take **na** + Accusative, such as **liczyć na** (to count on) or **mieć nadzieję na** (to hope for).

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### Anticipation in the Negative

If you want to express that you are *not* looking forward to something, simply place **nie** before the verb. 

Remember: while negating a verb usually changes a direct object from Accusative to Genitive, this rule does *not* apply to objects of a preposition. Because the noun follows the preposition **na**, it safely remains in the Accusative case, even in a negative sentence.

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Expressing anticipation (cieszyć się na)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

predicative

preposition

pronoun

proper noun

sentence

verb

This is (to jest)

The verb to be, singular (być)

Formal address (Pan, Pani)

Demonstrative pronouns (ten, ta, to)

Adjective agreement

Negation (nie)

Basic questions (czy, kto, co, gdzie, jak)

The verb to be, plural (być)

Present tense -m/-sz verbs

Reflexive verbs (się)

Coordinating conjunctions (i, a, ale)

Feminine direct objects (Accusative)

Inanimate direct objects (Accusative)

Animate masculine direct objects (Accusative)

Present tense verbs 2 (-ę, -isz / -ysz)

Expressing location (w, na)

Locative adjective agreement

Professions and nationalities (Instrumental)

Accompaniment (z + Instrumental)

Present tense verbs 3 (-ę, -esz)

Plural possessives (nasz, wasz)

Numbers 1 to 10

Genitive of possession

Genitive of negation

Lack or absence (nie ma)

Basic quantifiers (dużo, mało, trochę)

Liking things (podoba mi się)

Modal verbs (móc, musieć)

Subordinating conjunctions (bo, że)

Unidirectional motion verbs (iść, jechać)

Expressing age (mieć... lat)

Habitual motion (chodzić, jeździć)

Expressing destination (do)

Days of the week (poniedziałek, wtorek...)

Plural nouns for objects and animals

Plural nouns for people

Plural adjective agreement

Accusative object pronouns (go, ją, je...)

The past tense of to be (był)

Singular past tense (-łem, -łam...)

Expressing age (mieć + lata / lat)

Plural past tense (-li / -ły)

Perfective past tense

Future tense (będę + infinitive)

Age: one year (mieć rok)

Prices and currency (złoty, grosz)

Destination (na + accusative)

Non-masculine plurals (-e, -y, -i)

Instrumental pronouns (ze mną, z tobą)

To know (znać vs wiedzieć)

The future perfective tense

The imperative mood

Months of the year (styczeń, luty)

Greetings and farewells (dzień dobry, cześć)

Introducing yourself (mam na imię)

Thank you and sorry (dziękuję, przepraszam)

Left, right, up and down (po lewej stronie)

Parts of the body (ręka, noga)

Parts of the day (dzień, noc, południe)

What is it like? (jaki, jaka, jakie)

Speaking Polish (mówić po polsku)

Instrumental for adjectives (dobrym, dobrą)

Please do... (proszę + infinitive)

Interests (interesować się + Instrumental)

Can one? (można, trzeba, nie wolno)

By bus or by train (jechać autobusem)

Where are you from? (jestem z Polski)

Where exactly? (obok, przy, przed, za, pod, nad)

What time is it? (Która godzina?)

Not seeing her (go, jej, ich; niego, niej, nich)

When I have time (kiedy as a conjunction)

Irregular past stems (miał, mieli)

The verb 'iść' in the past (szedł, szli)

Imperfective future (będę odpoczywał)

Past aspect (robił vs zrobił)

Future aspect (będzie malował vs pomaluje)

Perfective motion with po- (pójść, pojechać)

Arrival verbs with przy- (przyjść, przyjechać)

Departure verbs with wy- (wyjść, wyjechać)

The Vocative case (Panie, Mamo)

Plural possessives (moi, moje)

Reflexive possessive pronouns (swój)

Genitive plural of masculine nouns (-ów, -y, -i)

Genitive plural of feminine and neuter nouns

Genitive plural of adjectives (-ych, -ich)

Accusative plural of masculine personal nouns

Question	Answer
to look forward to	cieszyć się na
arrival (flight)	przylot
visit	odwiedziny
We are looking forward to your arrival and a long visit.	Cieszymy się na twój przylot oraz długie odwiedziny.
cruise	rejs
The hostess is counting on good weather and is looking forward to this cruise.	Gospodyni liczy na dobrą pogodę i cieszy się na ten rejs.
ball (dance)	bal
exhibition opening	wernisaż
She is really looking forward to the ball and her exhibition opening.	Bardzo się cieszy na bal oraz swój wernisaż.
reunion	zjazd
fair (market)	jarmark
Everyone is looking forward to this reunion and the market in the city.	Wszyscy cieszą się na ten zjazd oraz jarmark w mieście.
debut	debiut
camping trip	biwak
I am looking forward to your debut and I hope for a successful camping trip.	Cieszę się na twój debiut i mam nadzieję na udany biwak.
I want to return as soon as possible, because I am looking forward to your arrival.	Chcę wrócić jak najszybciej, bo cieszę się na twój przylot.
The actor is counting on your visit and is looking forward to his debut.	Aktor liczy na wasze odwiedziny i cieszy się na swój debiut.
Having eaten dinner, the children were looking forward to the camping trip and the cruise.	Zjadłszy obiad, dzieci cieszyły się na biwak i rejs.
internship	staż
Having gone to the reunion, she could not look forward to the new internship.	Poszedłszy na zjazd, nie mogła się cieszyć na nowy staż.
I will not look forward to the fair until you buy tickets for the ball.	Nie będę się cieszyć na jarmark, dopóki nie kupisz biletów na bal.
We were not looking forward to his exhibition opening until we saw the paintings.	Nie cieszyliśmy się na jego wernisaż, dopóki nie zobaczyliśmy obrazów.
After everything, the hostess is looking forward to rest and the visit.	Po wszystkim gospodyni cieszy się na odpoczynek i odwiedziny.
The student is counting on this internship; therefore, he is looking forward to the trip to the capital.	Student liczy na ten staż, dlatego cieszy się na wyjazd do stolicy.