Breakdown of Proszę nadzorować tę aktualizację i zrobić to jak najszybciej.
to
this
i
and
ta
this (f)
szybko
quickly
Questions & Answers about Proszę nadzorować tę aktualizację i zrobić to jak najszybciej.
How do we construct the "as fast as possible" phrase using jak najszybciej?
In Polish, the "as... as possible" structure is made simply by putting the word jak (how) directly before a superlative adjective or adverb. Here, najszybciej is the superlative of szybko (fast), so jak najszybciej literally means "how the fastest".
Why does this sentence use an imperfective verb (nadzorować) alongside a perfective one (zrobić)?
The verb aspects match the nature of each action. Nadzorować (to supervise) is an ongoing, continuous process, so it takes the imperfective aspect. Zrobić (to do) is perfective because the speaker wants the ultimate task completed and crossed off the list.
Why is it tę aktualizację instead of tą aktualizację? I hear native speakers say "tą" all the time.
Tę is the strictly correct feminine accusative form of the pronoun ta (this). Because aktualizacja (update) is the direct object, it must be in the accusative case. While native speakers frequently say tą in casual speech, tę is the standard form expected in careful or written Polish.
Why use Proszę nadzorować instead of just the imperative form Nadzoruj?