polski · A2 · vocabulary · 4 minutes
Phones and technology
Handle files, passwords, links, messages, and charging.
Understand the choice
Digital Polish combines established native verbs with loan nouns. Pobierać downloads, przesyłać uploads/sends, zapisywać saves, and ładować charges.
Core rule: Dative ci marks recipient; pobierać/zapisywać/ładować are imperfective processes with perfective partners.
Notice it in context
Pobieram plik i wysyłam ci link.
I download the file and send you the link.
Plik and link are direct objects; ci is dative recipient.
Ekran jest czarny, bo telefon trzeba ładować.
The screen is black because the phone needs charging.
Ekran and ładować appear directly.
Hasło chroni wiadomość i plik.
The password protects the message and file.
Hasło, wiadomość, and plik appear in one security sentence.
What to remember
- Plik has plural pliki; link has plural linki.
- Zapisać is perfective save/write down; zapisywać imperfective.
Common trap: Do not use załadować automatically for charging a battery; naładować telefon is the completed action.