whitopian1 8 | 3
7 Oct 2012 / #1
today, i saw my friend (female):
1) dzisiaj widziałem moją przyjaciółkę
or
2) dzisiaj zobaczyłem moją przyjaciółkę.
okay, so i know the first is progressive and the latter is perfective, so literally it's "today, i was seeing my friend" and "today, i have seen my friend", but i am just confused about which to use. when i saw my friend, i told her happy birthday and asked how her knew school is, so i assume i would use progressive; but since i put to"today" denoting the action has ended and is now over, wouldn't it be perfective?
are both usable? or do they have different meanings by changing the aspct of the verb? if so what would they both mean?
1) dzisiaj widziałem moją przyjaciółkę
or
2) dzisiaj zobaczyłem moją przyjaciółkę.
okay, so i know the first is progressive and the latter is perfective, so literally it's "today, i was seeing my friend" and "today, i have seen my friend", but i am just confused about which to use. when i saw my friend, i told her happy birthday and asked how her knew school is, so i assume i would use progressive; but since i put to"today" denoting the action has ended and is now over, wouldn't it be perfective?
are both usable? or do they have different meanings by changing the aspct of the verb? if so what would they both mean?