Breakdown of Przeczytajmy regulamin, zanim wejdziemy z psem.
pies
dog
z
with
przeczytać
to read (perfective)
wejść
to come in, to enter
Questions & Answers about Przeczytajmy regulamin, zanim wejdziemy z psem.
How does przeczytajmy mean "let's read" without a word for "let"?
In Polish, the imperative (command) form for "we" naturally translates to "let's". To make it, you take the base imperative form of the perfective verb przeczytać and add the "we" ending -my.
Why do we use zanim for "before" instead of przed?
You must use zanim when "before" introduces a new clause with a working verb (like the action wejdziemy). Przed is a preposition used only before nouns, like przed spacerem (before the walk) or przed domem (before the house).
Why doesn't wejdziemy need a future tense helper word like będziemy?
Wejść (to go in) is a perfective verb, meaning it focuses on the completion of the action. Perfective verbs don't have a true present tense; when you conjugate them with present tense endings like -emy, they automatically act as the future tense.
Why does the word pies (dog) change so drastically to psem?