postanawiać

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Polish

Etymology

From postanowić +‎ -ać.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔ.staˈna.vjat͡ɕ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -avjat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: po‧sta‧na‧wiać

Verb

postanawiać impf (perfective postanowić)

  1. (transitive) to decide, to resolve, to choose (to make a decision)
    Synonym: decydować
  2. (transitive, obsolete) to issue a resolution, ordinance, or ban
  3. (transitive, obsolete) to appoint, to name, to put into office
    Synonyms: powoływać, wyznaczać
  4. (transitive, obsolete) to determine or manage someone's stay, life, or situation; to ensure someone's maintenance or position
  5. (transitive, obsolete) to marry, to give away (to cause to become married)
  6. (transitive, obsolete) to create (to cause to be)
    Synonym: stwarzać
  7. (reflexive with się, obsolete) to determine or manage one's own stay, life, or situation; to ensure one's own maintenance or position
  8. (reflexive with się, obsolete) to be married, to be given away (to become married)
  9. (reflexive with się, obsolete) to be appointed, to be nameed; to be managed
  10. (reflexive with się, obsolete) to be issued
  11. (reflexive with się, obsolete) to be decided, to be resolved, to be chosen
  12. (reflexive with się, obsolete) to become
    Synonyms: stawać się, zostawać
  13. (reflexive with się, obsolete, hunting, of a dog) to be trained; to learn

Conjugation

Conjugation of postanawiać impf
person singular plural
masculine feminine neuter virile nonvirile
infinitive postanawiać
present tense 1st postanawiam postanawiamy
2nd postanawiasz postanawiacie
3rd postanawia postanawiają
impersonal postanawia się
past tense 1st postanawiałem,
-(e)m postanawiał
postanawiałam,
-(e)m postanawiała
postanawiałom,
-(e)m postanawiało
postanawialiśmy,
-(e)śmy postanawiali
postanawiałyśmy,
-(e)śmy postanawiały
2nd postanawiałeś,
-(e)ś postanawiał
postanawiałaś,
-(e)ś postanawiała
postanawiałoś,
-(e)ś postanawiało
postanawialiście,
-(e)ście postanawiali
postanawiałyście,
-(e)ście postanawiały
3rd postanawiał postanawiała postanawiało postanawiali postanawiały
impersonal postanawiano
future tense 1st będę postanawiał,
będę postanawiać
będę postanawiała,
będę postanawiać
będę postanawiało,
będę postanawiać
będziemy postanawiali,
będziemy postanawiać
będziemy postanawiały,
będziemy postanawiać
2nd będziesz postanawiał,
będziesz postanawiać
będziesz postanawiała,
będziesz postanawiać
będziesz postanawiało,
będziesz postanawiać
będziecie postanawiali,
będziecie postanawiać
będziecie postanawiały,
będziecie postanawiać
3rd będzie postanawiał,
będzie postanawiać
będzie postanawiała,
będzie postanawiać
będzie postanawiało,
będzie postanawiać
będą postanawiali,
będą postanawiać
będą postanawiały,
będą postanawiać
impersonal będzie postanawiać się
conditional 1st postanawiałbym,
bym postanawiał
postanawiałabym,
bym postanawiała
postanawiałobym,
bym postanawiało
postanawialibyśmy,
byśmy postanawiali
postanawiałybyśmy,
byśmy postanawiały
2nd postanawiałbyś,
byś postanawiał
postanawiałabyś,
byś postanawiała
postanawiałobyś,
byś postanawiało
postanawialibyście,
byście postanawiali
postanawiałybyście,
byście postanawiały
3rd postanawiałby,
by postanawiał
postanawiałaby,
by postanawiała
postanawiałoby,
by postanawiało
postanawialiby,
by postanawiali
postanawiałyby,
by postanawiały
impersonal postanawiano by
imperative 1st niech postanawiam postanawiajmy
2nd postanawiaj postanawiajcie
3rd niech postanawia niech postanawiają
active adjectival participle postanawiający postanawiająca postanawiające postanawiający postanawiające
passive adjectival participle postanawiany postanawiana postanawiane postanawiani postanawiane
contemporary adverbial participle postanawiając
verbal noun postanawianie

Further reading

  • postanawiać in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • postanawiać in Polish dictionaries at PWN