"Ona patrzy na brązowe krzesło."

Translation: She is looking at the brown chair.

[franco.magurno]

looking at something is always translated with "patrzeć + na + accusative"?

[Jellei]

Yes.

[eannaoc]

Is there any version of patrzeć without 'na'?

[Jellei]

Right now I can only come up with "patrzeć, czy" (to look if sth is going on). "Ona patrzy, czy zupa jest już gotowa" = She looks if the soup is already ready.

No idea if it makes sense in English.

[eannaoc]

Ah I see, so maybe like To Check? "She checks if the soup is already ready" or even "she looks to see if the soup is already ready."

[Jellei]

Yeah, although you can go with the literal translation "Ona sprawdza, czy...", we can say that it means basically the same.

[BolBer1]

e.g. patrzeć przez okno - look out the window
patrzeć z podziwem - look with admiration
patrzeć przed siebie - look ahead
patrzeć za siebie - look back
patrzeć przez różowe okulary - to see through rose-coloured spectacles (to be optimistic)
patrzeć pod słońce - look beneath the sun

[antifaj]

why is it patrzec conjugated this way? confused by the 'y' ending.

[immery]

Both "patrzyć", and "patrzeć" follow conjugation table VII b

they mean the same and have the same persent tense forms, but patrzeć is more common infinitive, while past forms of patrzeć are more common.

[edB4zK]

Was this comment supposed to say patrzeć both times?

[alik1989]

Of course not :)

"...while past forms of patrzyć are more common"

[edB4zK]

Thank you Alik

[Larry11215]

armchair?

[eannaoc]

"Fotel" I think that would be

[Will127979]

Why can this not be translated "looking for"?

[edB4zK]

To look for something translates as "szukać [+ Genitive].

Ona szuka brązowego krzesła :)

[Ryszard386408]

Thanks! In English we use "look for" and "look at" as very different actions. Now I see that in Polish there are different words.