Przestawiam

Przestawiam is the first person singular present tense form of the Polish imperfective verb przestawiać, meaning to move, shift, or rearrange something. It denotes an ongoing or habitual action rather than a completed one. The related perfective form is przestawić, which has present tense forms such as przestawię, przestawisz, przestawi, przestawimy, przestawicie, przestawią and is used to express a completed move or a future action.

Usage and scope: Przestawiam can refer to physically repositioning objects, for example, Przestawiam stół bliżej okna (I’m moving the table closer to the window). It can also be used figuratively to indicate changing plans, priorities, or schedules, as in Przestawiam priorytety w projekcie vagy Przestawiam godziny pracy. The verb is commonly paired with nouns describing what is being moved or rearranged, and it often appears in everyday conversation, not only in formal contexts.

Grammatical notes: Przestawiać is regular for the imperfective aspect, yielding forms such as przestawiam, przestawiasz, przestawia, przestawiamy, przestawiacie, przestawiają. The process noun forms include przestawianie (the act of rearranging) and przestawienie (the result or instance of rearranging). The verb is often contrasted with przestawić (perfective) and with przesuwać or przesuwać, which emphasize sliding or pushing rather than rearranging.

Etymology and related terms: The verb is derived from stawić (to set/place) with a prefix that conveys a sense of changing position or rearranging. Related terms include przesuwać (to slide/shift), ustawić (to set up), and przełożyć (to postpone or move to a different time).