Jeden czasownik: ROBIĆ
The same ten prefixes as PISAĆ, on the verb you use fifty times a day. This is where the pattern starts paying.
zrobić
verb · perfective
- EN
- to do, to make
- RU
- сделать
Zrobię to jutro rano.
I'll do it tomorrow morning.
The plain perfective, exactly as na- was for pisać. Different prefix, same job: close the action and add nothing.
narobić
verb · perfective
- EN
- to make a lot of; to cause
- RU
- наделать, натворить
Narobiłeś strasznego bałaganu.
You've made a terrible mess.
na- accumulates. It always carries a hint of too much, and usually of blame.
przerobić
verb · perfective
- EN
- to rework, to convert; to get through
- RU
- переделать; пройти (материал)
Przerobiliśmy już trzy rozdziały.
We've got through three chapters already.
prze- is 'across', as in przepisać. Reworking a thing, and working your way across material.
wyrobić
verb · perfective
- EN
- to produce; to form (an opinion)
- RU
- выработать
Wyrób sobie własne zdanie.
Form your own opinion.
wy- is 'out', as in wypisać. Wyrobić sobie zdanie is to work an opinion out for yourself rather than borrow one.
dorobić
verb · perfective
- EN
- to make extra; to earn on the side
- RU
- подработать
Dorabiam wieczorami korepetycjami.
I earn extra in the evenings tutoring.
do- adds, exactly as in dopisać. Dorabiać is the standard word for a second income.
odrobić
verb · perfective
- EN
- to make up, to work off
- RU
- отработать
Odrób lekcje przed telewizorem.
Do your homework before the television.
od- undoes a debt. Odrobić lekcje is homework; odrobić straty is clawing back losses.
zarobić
verb · perfective
- EN
- to earn
- RU
- заработать
Ile zarabiasz w tej firmie?
How much do you earn at that company?
The most-used member of the family by a distance. Zarabiać, imperfective, is what you answer when asked what you do.
obrobić
verb · perfective
- EN
- to process, to machine; (slang) to rob
- RU
- обработать; обчистить
Obrobili go na przystanku.
They robbed him at the tram stop.
o- goes around, as in opisać. The literal sense is machining; the street sense is going through somebody's pockets.
rozrabiać
verb · imperfective
- EN
- to make trouble; to mix, to dilute
- RU
- хулиганить; разводить
Dzieci znowu rozrabiają.
The children are playing up again.
roz- scatters, as in rozpisać. Scattering paint into water is mixing; scattering yourself around a room is misbehaving.
urobić się
verb · reflexive, perfective
- EN
- to work oneself into the ground
- RU
- умотаться, вымотаться
Urobiłem się dzisiaj po pachy.
I've worked myself into the ground today.
Po pachy — up to the armpits. The idiom is fixed and the image is agricultural.
Drill these ten · earlier morning · later morning
Drill these ten