Ustawia

Ustawia is the third-person singular present tense form of the Polish imperfective verb ustawiać, meaning to place, set up, arrange, or position. In everyday usage it describes the act of putting objects into a particular configuration or order, as well as establishing settings or arrangements. The related perfective counterpart is ustawić, used when the action is completed.

Grammatically, ustawia is used with a subject performing the action on a direct object: On ustawia meble w salonie (He is arranging the furniture in the living room). The imperfective aspect conveys ongoing or repeated action; the perfective form ustawi expresses a completed result, as in On ustawił meble w salonie (He has arranged the furniture). The verb is versatile and appears in contexts such as setting an alarm, arranging a schedule, or configuring equipment, for example, Ustawiłem alarm (I set the alarm).

Derived terms include ustawienie (an arrangement or setting), ustawiony (placed, installed), and ustawianie (the act of setting up). The verb shares its root with stawia (to place or set) and reflects the core idea of putting something in place, with the prefix u- adding nuance related to placement or completion in its perfective forms.

Notes: ustawia can be used reflexively as ustawiać się, meaning to position oneself or align, as in ustawiać się w kolejce (to line up). It remains common in everyday speech for describing how objects, configurations, or schedules are arranged.