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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch
Now I don't understand a word you just said. I just speak it - the rest comes automatically.
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in a nutshell:
a Polish speaker:
My hands are clean. I washed them.
My hands are clean. I washed them yesterday.
a native speaker:
My hands are clean. I have washed them.
My hands are clean. I washed them yesterday.
There are only 3 tenses in the Polish language: the present, the past and the future tense.
No matter if any past action has its consequences in the present, a Polish speaker will always use the past tense (following his native patterns) Unless he knows the difference between the Past Simple and the Present Perfect. But it takes time and practice. I know that for natives it's an automatic reaction but it doesn't work that way for non-natives.
Got it?
