Otrzymajcie

Otrzymajcie is the second person plural imperative form of the Polish verb otrzymać, meaning to receive or obtain. It is used when addressing a group of people and giving them a direct instruction to take or accept something. The form already indicates a completed or definite action, in line with the perfective aspect of otrzymać.

In Polish, the imperative mood has distinct forms for singular and plural; otrzymajcie corresponds to the plural, while otrzymaj is used for the singular. The verb otrzymać is perfective, so its imperatives express a concrete action to be performed, rather than a habitual or ongoing one which would be expressed by an imperfective alternative such as otrzymywać.

Usage notes: otrzymajcie is relatively formal and is common in written instructions, official communications, or when a speaker wants to maintain a neutral, administrative tone. In everyday speech, speakers might opt for other verbs with similar meaning, such as weźcie (take) or odbierajcie (collect/receive), depending on context and nuance. The negative form is nie otrzymajcie, used to forbid the action.

Etymology and morphology: the verb otrzymać derives from a root related to receiving or obtaining, shared with cognate Slavic verbs. The ending -cie marks the second person plural imperative in Polish for perfective verbs.

See also: otrzymać, otrzymywać, weźcie, odbierajcie. Examples include: Otrzymajcie paczkę od kuriera. Otrzymajcie nagrodę po zakończeniu konkursu. Nie otrzymajcie niepotwierdzonych informacji.