polski · A2 · vocabulary · 4 minutes

Work and the office

Connect meetings, teams, deadlines, reports, and clients.

Understand the choice

Office vocabulary becomes usable through workflow: discuss a zadanie, meet a termin, write a raport, and send it to a klient or zespół.

Core rule: Wysyłać takes accusative item and dative recipient; dotrzymać terminu takes genitive.

Notice it in context

Po spotkaniu wysyłam raport zespołowi.

After the meeting I send the report to the team.

Po spotkaniu is locative; raport is accusative; zespołowi dative recipient.

Termin jest w piątek, a zadanie nadal trudne.

The deadline is Friday, and the task still difficult.

Termin and zadanie appear as subjects.

Klient czyta raport, a kolega pracuje zdalnie.

The client reads the report, and a colleague works remotely.

Klient, raport, and kolega appear directly.

What to remember

  • Termin can mean deadline, date, or appointment depending on verb.
  • Praca zdalna is remote work; home office is also heard informally.

Common trap: Do not translate attend a meeting with czekać; uczestniczyć w spotkaniu.

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