Zaliczy

Zaliczy is the third-person singular present tense form of the Polish perfective verb zaliczyć, meaning to pass (an exam or course) or to count toward something as completed. In standard usage, the present tense of a perfective verb conveys a future meaning, so zaliczy can express a future pass, as in "Zaliczy egzamin jutro" (“He will pass the exam tomorrow”). The imperfective counterpart is zaliczać, whose present tense would describe ongoing or repeated action (e.g., "zalicza egzamin" meaning he is in the process of passing).

The core sense of zaliczyć is educational: to achieve a passing result in an assessment or to receive credit for a course or module. It can also be used more broadly to indicate that something has been accepted, approved, or counted as valid, for example in contexts like crediting attendance or fulfilling a requirement. The corresponding noun is zaliczenie, which denotes a pass or completion; a related but semantically different noun, zaliczka, means a deposit and is not a direct synonym.

Usage notes: zaliczyć is transitive and typically takes a direct object such as egzamin (exam), kolokwium (colloquium), czy kurs (course). In everyday speech, it is common to hear phrases like "zaliczyć egzamin," "zaliczyć semestr," or "złapać zaliczenie" in informal contexts. Polish learners should distinguish zaliczyć (perfective) from its imperfective counterpart zaliczać, which forms different tenses and aspects.

Examples: "Mój brat w końcu zaliczył egzamin z matematyki." "Zaliczymy ten kurs, jeśli dołączymy do projektu."