Czujemy

Czujemy is a Polish verb form that means "we feel" or "we sense." It is the present-tense, first-person plural form of czuć, a verb that covers physical sensations, emotional states, and perceptual awareness. The word appears in everyday speech and in literature, where it can express a straightforward observation as well as a subjective assessment of how someone experiences a situation. In reflexive use, czujemy się expresses how we feel emotionally or physically in a given state.

Morphology: The infinitive is czuć. In the present tense, the standard forms are czuję, czujesz, czuje, czujemy, czujecie, czują, with czujemy being the form for “we feel.” Past tenses are formed with appropriate past participles (e.g., czułem, czuła, czuliśmy), indicating who felt and when.

Usage: Czujemy can govern a direct object to denote a bodily sensation, as in czujemy ból (we feel pain) or czujemy zapach (we sense a scent). It also appears with reflexive pronouns to express emotional state: czujemy się źli (we feel bad) or czujemy się dobrze (we feel good). The term can introduce perceptual or intuitive statements, as in Czujemy, że coś jest nie tak (We feel that something is not right), and it can describe the atmosphere or climate of a place (czujemy klimat miejsca).

Etymology and relatives: Czujemy is part of a family of Slavic verbs meaning "to feel," with cognates such as Czech cítit, Russian чувствовать (chuvstvovat'), and Ukrainian чувати (chuvaty). The related noun czucie refers to a sense or feeling.

See also: czuć, czucie, czuciowy.