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Musieć Conjugation

musieć means "to must / have to" in Polish. Present (imperfective only): ja muszę, ty musisz, on / ona / ono musi, my musimy, wy musicie, oni / one muszą. Below: all 4 tenses we teach, with examples.

Present (imperfective only) Czas teraźniejszy

Only imperfective verbs have a present tense; it covers both a single ongoing action and a repeated/habitual one ("I read" and "I am reading" are both czytam). Perfective verbs like zrobić, napisać, przeczytać have no present tense at all.

Past, imperfective Czas przeszły, aspekt niedokonany

Drop the infinitive -ć, add -ł- plus a personal ending that shows gender (masculine/feminine/neuter singular, masculine-personal/other plural). Used for an action that was ongoing, repeated, or whose completion isn't the point.

Future, imperfective Czas przyszły złożony

Conjugate być in the future (będę, będziesz, będzie...) and add the imperfective infinitive: będę czytać. An alternative, equally common form replaces the infinitive with the gendered past participle (będę robił / będę robiła) — both are correct; the infinitive form is used here because it doesn't change with gender.

Conditional, imperfective Tryb warunkowy, aspekt niedokonany

Take the imperfective past-tense form and insert -by- before the personal ending (czytał + by + m = czytałbym); gender still shows in the stem, e.g. robiłbym / robiłabym. Expresses an ongoing/general wish, guess or polite offer.

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