dostanie

Dostanie is the third-person singular future tense form of the Polish verb dostać, meaning to receive or to obtain. It is used to indicate a single, completed action that will happen in the future. As a form of a perfective verb, dostanie emphasizes the result of the action rather than its ongoing process.

Grammatical notes: The verb dostać is perfective, and dostanie corresponds to the third-person singular in the simple future. Other subjects take different forms: ja dostanę, ty dostaniesz, on dostanie, my dostaniemy, wy dostaniecie, oni dostaną. The imperfective counterpart, expressing ongoing or repeated action, is dostawać, with future meaning typically rendered using a compound construction (na przykład będę dostawać).

Usage and nuances: Dostanie is commonly used to convey that someone will receive something, such as a letter, a prize, money, or an opportunity. It can appear in main clauses or in subordinate clauses, and it is suitable for declarative statements, questions, and conditional contexts. Being a perfective form, it often implies that the outcome is awaited or expected to occur within a defined timeframe.

Examples: On dostanie list jutro. (He will receive a letter tomorrow.) Ona dostanie nagrodę za pracę. (She will receive a prize for her work.) Czy dostanie zlecenie? (Will he receive an assignment?)

See also: Polish verb aspects, explicitly perfective vs imperfective forms; together with the related forms of dostać and dostać’s imperfective counterpart, dostawać.