People/osoby

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In this chapter we are going to learn people/osoby (like i, you, he and so on)
This one is really important in Polish because it depends on a person which ending you should use.
Singular
I -  Ja /ya/
You -  Ty /tyy/
He -  On
She -  Ona
It -  Ono

Plural
We -  My /myy/
You -  Wy / vyy/
They -  Oni
They -  One /onea/

And here's the answer on your question you probably asked in your head and you may me confused  about.
'why 'they' two times?'
The answer is : because in Polish we have plural version of 'He' and 'She'.
°  'Oni' is plural version of he
°  'One' is plural version of she

Now endings. We add them to verbs like:
To drink / pić /
Singular

I drink/ I'm drinking - Ja piję

You drink/'re drinking - Ty pijesz

He drinks/'s drinking- On pije
She drinks/'s drinking- Ona pije
It drinks/'s drinking- Ono/to pije

Plural

We drink/'re drinking- My pijemy

You drink/'re drinking- Wy pijecie

They(males) drink/'re drinking- Oni piją

They(females) drink/'re drinking- One piją

More examples? Here you are:

To be / być/

It may be a little confusing now but you don't say/write:
Ja być, ty być/byjesz , on byje , ona byje, ono byje and so on.
Instead you have to say/write
Ja JESTEM
Ty JESTEŚ
On JEST
Ona JEST
Ono JEST

My JESTEŚMY
Wy JESTEŚCIE

Oni
One

So almost in every example there are some patterns you've probably already noticed.

* on/ona/ono always has the same verb( has the same ending)
* oni/one always has the same ending of a verb as well.

More examples:

To lay- / leżeć /

Singular

Ja JEM
Ty JESZ

On JE
Ona JE
Ono JE

Plural

My JEMY
Wy JECIE

Oni JEDZĄ
One JEDZĄ

MY - always ends with 'y'
-(my) żyjemy(we live)
-(my) mamy (we have)

IF YOU WANT TO SAY SOMEONE FOR EXAMPLE HAVE (something)
You don't have to add person like (ja, my etc)
ONLY WITH:
Ja (I)
Ty( You)
My ( We )
Wy (You-plural)

Why is that? Because the ending of each verb with these people(ja,ty,my,wy) says what the person is doing/does itself.
You don't have it in English though.
Here's little tip: if you succeed in creating from a verb the first person version (ja-I) you will succeed in creating other versions.  All you need to do is cut ending:

To have - Mieć

First, let's create the first person version

Ja-MAm
Now all you have to do is cut the ending (m)
Ty- ma +(the ending to 2nd person) 'sz'
It means the 2nd person looks like that:
Ty MAsz

Great! I'm sure you predicted it!
Simple, isn't it?
Now, let's go further.
On/Ona/ono :
Ma(like earlier)+ nothing. It doesn't have it's own ending. It's just 'ma'
So: on/ona/ono: ma
Now you are that all you need is to find the part (which od at the begining of the verb) and add person's ending of a verb( od like in On/Ona/Ono don't add anything)
PLURAL
MY - MAmy
Wy - MAcie
Oni - MAją
One - MAją

This is it! You've done do good! I'm proud!
GOOD NEWS

!IN POLISH WE HAVE
ONLY
3 TENSES!

1)Past (Przeszły)
2)Present (Teraźniejszy)
3)Future (Przyszły)

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