mieć.
to have
Meaning & usage
to have
Mam kota.
Mam daleko do szkoły.
to be some age
Mam 22 lata.
used as a semantically weak verb with some nouns
Mam bzika na ich punkcie.
to have, to have sex with
Chyba nigdy chłopa nie miała.
to consider someone as something
Miałem Cię za przyjaciela.
Masz się za lepszego?
to have (e.g. to have something (that is) cooked)
Mam cały wieczór zaplanowany.
expresses obligation; to be supposed to, must, to have to, to need to; should, shall
Mamy iść na zakupy.
Czy mam zaparzyć herbatę?
creates a future in the past; would, was going to
Ten chłopiec miał w przyszłości zostać wielkim naukowcem.
denotes that something might not have happened despite earlier beliefs; to be supposed to, must, to have to, to need to
System informatyczny miał obsługiwać klientów.
denotes uncertain, unverified information; allegedly, supposedly
Mężczyzna miał wykrzykiwać obraźliwe hasła.
to feel something
Miałem do niego żal o to.
to fare (to be in any state, or pass through any experience, good or bad)
Jak się masz?
to appear, to bode
Dzień miał się ku końcowi.
to be in relation to something
Jak to się ma do tematu?
to head somewhere
to behave
to address, to turn towards
to function
to be had
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-der. Proto-Slavic *jьměti Old Polish mieć Polish mieć Inherited from Old Polish mieć.
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