Czyta

Czyta is the third-person singular present tense form of the Polish verb czytać, meaning to read. It indicates that he or she reads in the present or on a habitual basis. The verb czytać is imperfective, used for actions that are ongoing, repeated, or not viewed as completed. Its perfective counterpart is przeczytać, which emphasizes the completion of the reading action.

In present tense, the full paradigm of the verb czytać is: ja czytam, ty czytasz, on/ona/ono czyta, my czytamy, wy czytacie, oni/one czytają. The form czyta therefore corresponds to the subject in the third person singular. Polish verbs also distinguish aspect, so speakers may choose czytać for general reading activity or przeczytać when referring to reading something thoroughly or to completion.

Czyta typically takes a direct object in the accusative case, such as czyta książkę, czyta gazetę, czyta artykuł. It can appear in sentences with time adverbs like codziennie, często, teraz, or wciąż. The term is used across literary, educational, and media contexts to describe reading actions performed by individuals or groups.

Etymology and related forms: czytać is of Slavic origin, cognate with Russian čitat’ (читать), Ukrainian čytaty (читати), Czech číst, and Serbo-Croatian čitati. These terms share a common root for the act of reading and reflect the word’s long-standing presence in Slavic languages.