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Questions & Answers about Przyjdziesz jutro? To zależy.
Why does Przyjdziesz mean 'will you come'? I thought the future tense used the word będziesz.
You are thinking of imperfective verbs, which describe ongoing actions and use będziesz (like będziesz robić). Przyjdziesz is a perfective verb, which focuses on a completed action. Perfective verbs form the future tense simply by adding present-tense endings to the verb stem, without needing a helper word like będziesz.
How is przyjdziesz different from idziesz or pójdziesz?
It is all about direction and time. Idziesz means 'you are going' right now. Pójdziesz means 'you will go' (moving away from somewhere). Przyjdziesz has the prefix przy-, which indicates motion towards the speaker or a destination, making it mean 'you will come' or 'you will arrive'.
In the phrase To zależy, why do we use to instead of ono for 'it'?
When 'it' refers to a general, abstract situation or concept (like 'it depends', 'it is raining', or 'it is good'), Polish uses the word to. You only use ono when 'it' refers back to a specific neuter noun you just mentioned, like a child (dziecko) or a window (okno).
If I wanted to say 'it depends on something', how do I add that to To zależy?