Verbs of motion

'To go' splits two ways at once.

Polish 'go' divides by on foot vs by vehicle, and by a single trip vs a habit — giving four core verbs. Pick the wrong one and you might claim you commute to work on foot when you mean by bus.

	One trip, now	Habit / repeated
On foot	iść	chodzić
By vehicle	jechać	jeździć

•iść — walking somewhere right now.
•chodzić — walking there regularly.
•jechać / jeździć — the same split, but by vehicle.

Idę do domu.

I'm walking home (now).

Chodzę do szkoły.

I go to school (regularly).

Jadę do Krakowa.

I'm going to Kraków (by vehicle).

Jeżdżę do pracy autobusem.

I commute to work by bus.

Dokąd idziesz?

Where are you going?

🧠 Tactic — Two quick questions: feet or wheels? once or always? The two answers point straight at one of the four verbs.

⚠️ Watch out — Any trip between cities uses jechać/jeździć, even if you don't name a vehicle: Jadę do Krakowa, never Idę do Krakowa.

Quick check

Codziennie ____ do pracy autobusem.

Habit + vehicle = jeżdżę.

Teraz ____ do sklepu. (on foot, now)

One trip on foot, now = idę.

'I'm going to Gdańsk (now, by train)': ____ do Gdańska.

Between cities you take a vehicle: jadę.

Practice

Now produce the answers yourself — type them, choose the form, or build the sentence.

Teraz ___ do domu. (on foot, now)

Codziennie ___ do pracy autobusem.

habit + vehicle.

___ do Krakowa. (now, by train)

between cities → vehicle.

Codziennie ___ do szkoły. (chodzić, ja)

Say: Where are you going?

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