Breakdown of Spotkamy się w sobotę, czyli pojutrze.
w
in / on (a day)
sobota
Saturday
pojutrze
the day after tomorrow
spotkać
to meet, to run into (perfective)
czyli
that is, in other words; so
Questions & Answers about Spotkamy się w sobotę, czyli pojutrze.
Why do we use spotkamy się instead of będziemy się spotykać?
Spotkamy się is the perfective future tense, which focuses on a single, completed event ("we will meet"). Będziemy się spotykać is the imperfective future tense, which would mean "we will be meeting" on a regular basis or as an ongoing action. Since this is a specific, one-time plan for this Saturday, the perfective verb is the right choice.
Why does the word for Saturday change to sobotę here?
To say "on" a specific day of the week, Polish uses the preposition w followed by the accusative case. Because sobota is a feminine noun ending in -a, its accusative form takes the -ę ending, making it w sobotę.
What exactly is the role of czyli in this sentence?
The word czyli means "that is," "meaning," or "in other words." It is a very common conjunction used to clarify or rephrase exactly what you just said. In this case, the speaker is just clarifying that the upcoming Saturday happens to be the day after tomorrow.
Could I say to znaczy instead of czyli?
Yes, absolutely! Both czyli and to znaczy are used to mean "that is" or "I mean" when clarifying something. Czyli is just a slightly shorter, very natural alternative that native speakers use all the time in everyday conversation.
How does the word pojutrze (the day after tomorrow) break down?
It is a combination of the preposition po (after) and jutrze, which is the locative case form of jutro (tomorrow). So it literally translates to "after tomorrow."
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