uderzasz

Uderzasz is the second-person singular present tense form of the Polish imperfective verb uderzać, meaning to hit or strike. The form is used when addressing someone informally with the pronoun you (ty). In everyday language it can refer to a physical action, such as striking a surface, or to a figurative sense of exerting an impact. It often appears with the preposition w to indicate striking against something, for example uderzasz w stół (you strike the table).

Grammatical notes: uderzać is imperfective, so uderzasz expresses ongoing or repeated action rather than a single completed incident. The full present tense paradigm of uderzać is: ja uderzam, ty uderzasz, on/ona/ono uderza, my uderzamy, wy uderzacie, oni/one uderzają. The related perfective verb uderzyć has future forms such as uderzysz (you will hit) and past forms like uderzyłem/uderzyłam (I hit). Use of uderzać focuses on the act in progress or on general habit, while uderzyć emphasizes a single completed strike.

Etymology and usage context: the verb uderzać derives from older Slavic roots connected to hitting or striking; cognates appear in other languages, such as Russian udarit’/udarit. In Polish, uderzasz appears in both literal contexts (hitting with a fist, a hammer, etc.) and figurative ones, though figurative uses are often expressed with other constructions. Example sentences include: Ty uderzasz młotkiem w gwóźdź. and Gdy wstawasz w złość, uderzasz pięścią w stół.