napisac

Napisać is a Polish verb in its infinitive form meaning to write or to compose, usually indicating the completion of a written work such as a letter, article, or book. In standard Polish the diacritic form is napisać; napisac is the ASCII variant used in contexts where diacritics are unavailable.

Origin and aspect: Napisać is a perfective verb formed with the prefix na- added to pisać (to write). The imperfective counterpart is pisać. Napisać emphasizes the result of the action (that the text has been created), rather than the ongoing process.

Usage and forms: Napisać is transitive and takes a direct object (for example, napisać list, napisać artykuł, napisać książkę). Because it is perfective, it has a future tense form rather than a present tense form: napiszę, napiszesz, napisze, napiszemy, napiszecie, napiszą. The imperative is napiszak dla singular: napisz; plural: napiszcie. Past tense forms vary by gender and number: napisałem (masculine singular), napisałam (feminine singular), napisało (neuter), napisałem/napisałam, napisaliby/napisaly, etc., depending on subject.

Examples: Chcę napisać list. Wczoraj napisałem artykuł. Ona napisała książkę. Napisz e-maila, proszę.

See also: pisać, napisać as a family of Polish verbs expressing writing and composition, and the contrast between imperfective and perfective verbs in Slavic aspect.