Polish Verb Prefixes

Prefixes play a very important role in the polish verbal system. They are added to all sorts of verbs to add a new meaning to the verb. Here are some examples of verbs, both in their imperfective and perfective forms, with their approximate english definitions.

Examples:

Imperfective Form	Perfective Form	Translation
skakać obskakiwać podskakiwać przeskakiwać wskakiwać zeskakiwać	skoczyć obskoczyć podskoczyć przeskoczyć wskoczyć zeskoczyć	jump jump around jump up jump over/jump through jump in jump off

 

Prefix Forms

Here is a list of prefixes and their meanings.