polski · A1 · verb · 4 minutes
Robić: present tense
Use regular-looking forms for doing, making, and everyday tasks.
Understand the choice
Robić combines with many tasks: robić śniadanie, zakupy, zdjęcie, porządek. Aspect partner zrobić presents the task as completed or bounded.
Core rule: Robić uses robię, robisz, robi, robimy, robicie, robią.
Notice it in context
Robię śniadanie, a dzieci robią zadanie domowe.
I am making breakfast, and the children are doing homework.
Robię encodes ja; robią agrees with dzieci; both noun phrases are direct objects.
Co robicie w weekend?
What do you do at the weekend?
Robicie agrees with wy in the question.
Robimy zakupy i potem obiad.
We shop and then make lunch.
One robimy can govern coordinated activity objects.
What to remember
- Zrobić is the perfective partner and has future meaning in present-looking forms.
- Robić zdjęcie means take a photo.
Common trap: Do not use robić for becoming; zostać/stawać się handles become.