Breakdown of Gwarantuję ten zysk, o ile wpłacisz zaliczkę.
ten
this (m)
wpłacić
to deposit
zysk
profit
o ile
provided that
zaliczka
the advance payment
gwarantować
to guarantee
Questions & Answers about Gwarantuję ten zysk, o ile wpłacisz zaliczkę.
Why use o ile instead of just jeśli?
While jeśli simply means if, o ile translates to provided that or as long as. It is a restrictive conditional, meaning it emphasizes that paying the advance is the strict requirement or limitation for the guarantee to hold true.
Why is wpłacisz in the future tense when the English translation says you pay in the present tense?
In English, we often use the present tense after conditional words like if or provided that even when talking about the future. Polish is more strictly logical: since the payment has not happened yet, it requires the future tense. Here, wpłacisz is a perfective verb in the future tense, meaning you will have completed the payment.
gwarantuję takes a direct object, so why does ten zysk look like it is in the nominative case?
It actually is in the accusative case! The word zysk is a masculine inanimate noun. For masculine inanimate nouns, the accusative form looks exactly the same as the nominative form, which is why neither ten nor zysk changes its ending here.
I have also heard the word zadatek for a deposit or advance. Could I use it instead of zaliczkę here?
Grammatically yes, but it changes the business reality. A zaliczka is a standard advance payment that is generally refundable if the deal falls through without fault. A zadatek is a strictly binding deposit that you forfeit if you break the agreement.
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