Odprowadzajac

Odprowadzajac is the non-diacritic rendering of the Polish present‑active adverbial participle odprowadzając, formed from the verb odprowadzać, which mainly means to escort, accompany to a destination, or see someone off. The participle expresses that an action occurs simultaneously with the action of the main clause, roughly translating to “while escorting” or “as one escorts.” In standard Polish, the diacritic form is odprowadzając; odprowadzajac appears in texts where diacritics are omitted or unavailable.

Formation and grammar: Odprowadzajac (odprowadzając) is created from odprowadzać by adding the suffix -jąc to form a present‑active adverbial participle. It functions as an adverbial participle, not as a finite verb, and it typically does not change for gender or number. It is used to connect clauses, similar to an adverbial clause: for example, Odprowadzając dzieci do szkoły, Ania słuchała muzyki (While escorting the children to school, Ania listened to music).

Usage notes: This form is common in literary and formal writing, as well as in narrative prose, to indicate concurrent actions succinctly. In everyday speech, speakers may replace it with a subordinate clause such as podczas gdy odprowadzali, or gdy odprowadzali, depending on nuance. In diacriticless contexts, odprowadzajac is the expected representation, but odprowadzając is preferred in properly spelled Polish.

See also: odprowadzać, odprowadzanie, see off.