Questions & Answers about Kiedy jestem zmęczony, odpoczywam.
Would a female speaker say this sentence exactly the same way?
Why doesn't the sentence use the word ja (I) before the verbs?
In Polish, the verb endings already tell you who is doing the action. Jestem means I am and odpoczywam means I rest. The pronoun ja is usually dropped unless you want to put special emphasis on yourself.
I usually see kiedy used to ask a question. Can it also just connect sentences?
Yes! While kiedy is the question word for when, it is also used to connect two parts of a sentence, just like in English. You might also see the shorter word gdy used here, which means exactly the same thing.
How do I know to use -am at the end of odpoczywam?
The basic dictionary form of to rest is odpoczywać. Most Polish verbs that end in -ać follow a regular pattern where the I form ends in -am (like odpoczywam) and the you form ends in -asz.