Poprzez

Poprzez is a Polish preposition used to express movement, action, or influence carried out by a channel, means, or intermediary. In English, it is commonly translated as through or via, and it denotes the route or instrument by which something is accomplished. The governing case for this preposition is the accusative.

In usage, poprzez emphasizes the means, method, or conduit of an action rather than simply the location or passage. It is often found with abstract nouns and with expressions that denote mediation, technology, or systemic processes. Common collocations include poprzez pośrednictwo, poprzez Internet, poprzez działania, and poprzez środki finansowe. The phrase is relatively formal and more frequent in written or technical Polish than in everyday speech.

Grammatically, poprzez requires the following noun phrase to be in the accusative case. This contrasts with some other prepositions that can combine with various cases. While both poprzez and przez can express “through,” poprzez tends to highlight the channel or mechanism, whereas przez more often denotes physical passage or duration in time, depending on context.

Examples include: Poprzez pośrednictwo agencji udało mu się znaleźć pracę. (He found a job through the mediation of an agency.) Komunikowali się poprzez Internet. (They communicated via the Internet.) Poprzez ciężką pracę osiągnął awans. (He achieved a promotion through hard work.)

See also: przez, via.