User:Krubo/Draft:Coming and Going Words in Polish

Polish does not have a pair of words that directly translate to English as "come" and "go". Instead, the concepts of coming, going, and other movements are expressed in Polish by a much larger number of words than in English. These words are described below.

List of distinctions
Polish movement words often make the following distinctions:


 * Progressive vs habitual (idę = "I'm walking (now)" vs chodzę = "I walk (habitually)")
 * Mode of transit (idę = "I'm walking" vs jadę = "I'm going by car/train/bus/bike/horse" vs biegnię = "I'm running" vs płynę = "I'm swimming/sailing" vs lecę = "I'm flying")
 * Tense (as with any Polish verb, involves both time and completiveness)
 * Direction (pochodzę = "I come (from somewhere)", przychodzę = "I arrive (to somewhere)", przechodzę = "I pass by", odchodzę = "I leave/I go away", dochodzę = "I approach", wychodzę = "I go out")

More examples

 * Jutro przyjdę ciebie odwiedzić = "I will come see you tomorrow"
 * Kiedy pójdę na stację kolejową, przejdę obok jeziora. = "When I go to the train station, I will pass by the lake."
 * Teraz przechodzę obok jeziora. = "I'm passing the lake now."
 * Pochodzę z Polski. = "I come from Poland."
 * doszedłem = "I reached (masc.)"


 * szedłem = "I was walking."


 * Codzienne chodzę do szkoły i przechodzę obok jeziora, ale w tym momencie idę do szkoły i przechodzę obok sklepu.

Prefixes with more meaning

 * nachodzę = "I go (disturbing or without notice)",
 * Rozchodzimy się. = "We disperse/scatter."
 * zachodzę = "I pop in"
 * uchodzę = "I escape."
 * podchodzę = "I come close."
 * Zchodzę z drogi. = "I go off the road."
 * wchodzę = "I enter"

Uses of movement words other than physical movement

 * Mam nadzieję że przejdę ten test. = "I hope I will pass this test."