Podlewam

Podlewam is a Polish verb form meaning “I water” in the present tense. It is the first-person singular form of the verb podlewać, which means to water plants or other things with liquid. The form is used to describe an action the speaker is performing at the moment or a habitual action.

The verb podlewać is transitive and imperfective, so its present tense describes ongoing or repeated activity rather than a completed event. Common present forms include: ja podlewam, ty podlewasz, on/ona/ono podlewa, my podlewamy, wy podlewacie, oni podlewają. The word is frequently used in everyday gardening and agriculture contexts.

Examples of usage include: Ja podlewam kwiaty każdego ranka. Czy ty podlewasz warzywa po południu? On podlewa ogród przed deszczem. The form Podlewam specifically conveys that the speaker is performing the watering action in the present.

Etymology and related forms: podlewać is formed with the prefix pod- added to lać (to pour), giving the sense of pouring water onto plants. The noun form podlewanie means watering, and related adjectives and participles derive from the same root. Podlewam is part of standard Polish verb conjugation patterns for verbs ending in -wać.

See also: podlewać, podlewanie, Polish verbs of similar prefix patterns.