Wymagam

Wymagam is the first-person singular present tense form of the Polish verb wymagać, meaning to require or to demand. It is used to express a personal expectation, a prerequisite, or a standard that the speaker insists on, and it can introduce statements about what is considered necessary in a given situation.

In common usage, wymagam often takes the preposition od to indicate who is being required to meet the standard: for example, Wymagam od ciebie punktualności (I require you to be punctual). It can also appear in constructions with aby to introduce a subordinate clause, such as Wymagam, abyś był punktualny, though the exact form of the clause depends on aspect and tense. The verb forms in the present tense are: ja wymag am, ty wymag asz, on/ona wymaga, my wymagamy, wy wymagacie, oni wymagają.

Grammatically, wymagać expresses an obligation or standard that the speaker imposes, and it often carries a formal or emphatic tone. It is commonly used in professional, academic, or administrative contexts, but it also appears in everyday speech when someone wants to stress a necessity or condition.

Etymologically, wymagać is related to the noun wymóg (a requirement) and to other forms across Slavic languages that encode the idea of needing or demanding. Related verbs include żądać (to demand). In Polish, wymagać and its forms are standard and widely understood, with wymagam being the direct first-person present form.