rezerwuj

Rezerwuj is the second-person singular imperative form of the Polish verb rezerwować, meaning to reserve or to book. It is used to instruct someone to make a reservation, typically in informal speech or casual written notices. As an imperative of an imperfective verb, rezerwuj can imply ongoing or habitual action in a general sense, though in practical use it simply orders the action of reserving.

Etymology and usage context: the verb rezerwować is a loanword in Polish, with origins linked to the European family of verbs such as French réserver or German reservieren, ultimately tracing back to Latin reservare. The term rezerwuj appears in everyday conversations, customer service prompts, and online interfaces where a user is told to initiate a booking process. The corresponding perfective form is zarezerwować, whose imperative is zarezerwuj.

Grammar and related forms: rezerwuj is the imperative for the singular you informal. Other forms include rezerwujmy (let’s reserve), rezerwujcie (plural you). The related noun is rezerwacja (a reservation). The perfective counterpart zarezerwować denotes completing a reservation, with imperative zarezerwuj (singular) and zarezerwujcie (plural). In past tense, forms like rezerwował, rezerwowała describe someone who reserved.

Examples of use: Rezerwuj stolik na 19:00. Proszę, zarezerwuj bilet na jutrzejszy koncert. In documentation or apps, you may see phrases such as Rezerwuj teraz or Zarezerwuj.

See also: rezerwacja, rezerwować, zarezerwować.