postanawiać

Polish

Etymology

From postanowić +‎ -ać.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.staˈna.vjat͡ɕ/

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• Rhymes: -avjat͡ɕ
• Syllabification: po‧sta‧na‧wiać

Verb

postanawiać impf (perfective postanowić)

1. (transitive) to decide, to resolve, to choose (to make a decision) [with infinitive ‘to do what’; or with o (+ locative) ‘on what’]

   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