Breakdown of Lekarz pojawi się u ciebie lada chwila.
ty
you (singular)
lekarz
doctor
chwila
moment
u
at, at the place of
Questions & Answers about Lekarz pojawi się u ciebie lada chwila.
Why is chwila in the nominative case after lada?
The word lada is an old preposition that has become a fixed particle in modern Polish. When used to mean 'any [time] now,' it is followed by the nominative case. So we say lada chwila (any moment) or lada dzień (any day), keeping the noun in its basic dictionary form.
Can I use lada with other time words like 'minuta' or 'godzina'?
You can, but it is less common. Phrases like lada chwila and lada dzień are highly fixed idioms in Polish. You will occasionally hear lada moment or lada godzina, but lada chwila is by far the most natural and frequent way to say 'any minute now.'
Why use u ciebie (at your place) instead of do ciebie (to your place)?
The verb pojawić się (to appear or show up) focuses on the result of being somewhere, rather than the motion of traveling there. Because the doctor will be at your location when they appear, Polish uses the static preposition u + genitive (u ciebie). If the sentence used a verb of motion like przyjdzie (will come), you would use do ciebie.
Why is the reflexive pronoun się placed right after the verb here?