As
mentioned
earlier,
all
verbs
of
motion
corne in threes. They have
one
perfective
and
two imperfective forms.
The
first
imperfective
form
refers
to
a
specific
action
and
a specific (determinate) direction.
The
second imperfective
is
used
for
a repeated action
with
an unspecified (indeterminate) direction.
As in English, when ta/king
about
im media te
future
action
or
a
future
action
determined
by
some time-re/ated information,
you
shou/d
use
the
first
imperfective
instead
of
the
perfective,
i.
e.
:
Jutro
jadę
do
Bostonu -
tomorrow
J'm
/eaving
for
Boston;
Za
miesiąc
jadę
do
Polski
-In
a
month
J'm
leaving
for
Poland.
Forexamp/e:
Single, determinate direction:
Gdzie
panli
jedzie?
Jadę
do
Poznania.
Kiedy
państwo
jadą
do
Polski?
Dziś
nie jedziemy
do
Gdańska.
Where are you going?
1'm going
to
Poznań.
When are you leaving for Poland?
Today
we
are
not
going
to
Gdańsk.
Frequentative action
or
non-action:
Nigdy nie
jeżdżę
do
Trójmiasta samochodem. 1 never drive
to
Tricity*.
Zawsze
jeżdżę
pociągiem.
1 always go by train.
Unspecified direction:
Lubię
jeździć
moim nowym samochodem.
Oni
dużo
jeżdżą
po
Polsce.
* Tricity:
Gdańsk,
Sopot, Gdynia.
275
1 like
to
drive
my
new car.
They drive a lot
around
Poland.