Please do... (proszę + infinitive)

Please + verb

Proszę (please) followed by a verb in its dictionary form is the polite way to ask or instruct — anyone, formal or informal, one person or a group. You met it in proszę powtórzyć (please repeat).

Please read.
Proszę czytać.
Please speak Polish.
Proszę mówić po polsku.

There is no you in the sentence, so the same form works for pan, pani and a whole class.

Saying please don't

Put nie between proszę and the verb:

Please do not speak English.
Proszę nie mówić po angielsku.

At the door

Two verbs live almost entirely in this pattern. to come in, to enter

wejść is to come in, to sit down
usiąść
is to sit down:

Please come in!
Proszę wejść!
Please sit down here.
Proszę usiąść tutaj.

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