Dołożyć ci jeszcze? Czasowniki prefiksalne na bazie -łożyć i -kładać

In the article, the author challenges the Polish verbs with prefixes created on the basis of -kładać (imperfect verb form) and -łożyć (perfect verb form), e.g. złożyć: składać (to fold, to deposit). Many foreigners have problems with recognizing the similarity between them because the root part of words don’t look alike. As a result, students cannot understand the meaning of some verb despite they know its imperfect or perfect form. The theoretical part is a short introduction to the theory of the Polish word formation and the way the topic is described in the Polish language coursebooks. The practical part involves showing tasks and exercises by introducing the meaning of the verbs and practicing using them.