Pogarszaj

Pogarszaj is a Polish verb form belonging to the imperfective verb pogarszać, meaning to worsen or deteriorate. Pogarszaj is the second person singular imperative, used to command someone to make something worse, or to urge a continuation of worsening in a given context. The corresponding plural imperative is pogarszajcie.

Morphology and forms

Pogarszaj is derived from the infinitive pogarszać and appears in the present tense and imperative mood in the second person singular. Its present indicative forms include pogarszam, pogarszasz, pogarsza, while the first person plural is pogarszamy, and the second person plural is pogarszacie; third person forms are pogarsza, pogarszają. The verb is imperfective, transitive, and typically takes a direct object describing what is being worsened.

Usage and register

The imperative pogarszaj is used to instruct or urge someone to worsen a condition, process, or situation. In natural Polish, commands of this type are uncommon and often appear in ironic, critical, or literary contexts rather than in neutral everyday speech. More common ways to convey a worsening action in Polish use the perfective pogorszyć or descriptive constructions using pogarsza się, pogarszanie, or pogarszający, depending on the nuance.

Related terms

Related forms include pogorszyć (the perfective counterpart, meaning to worsen as a completed action) and nouns such as pogorszenie (deterioration). The prefix po- marks a direction or completion in related verbs, while the root is connected to the idea of increasing badness or deterioration.

See also: pogorszyć, pogorszenie, pogarszanie.