Ustawiane

Ustawiane is a form of the Polish verb ustawiać, meaning to set up, place, or arrange. It is the present passive participle (imiesłów przymiotnikowy bierny) of ustawiać and is used to describe actions or states in which something is being positioned or organized. The form agrees with the noun it describes in gender and number: for example, masculine singular would be ustawiany, feminine singular ustawiana, and neuter singular or plural forms include ustawiane.

In practice, ustawiane is common in descriptive prose, technical texts, and instructions to convey that an arrangement is ongoing or planned rather than completed. It can function attributively, modifying a noun, as in ustawiane meble (furniture being arranged) or ustawiane elementy (elements being installed). It can also appear in phrases with a copula, as in meble są ustawiane w salonie (the furniture is being arranged in the living room).

Ustawiane is often contrasted with zarówno ustawione, the past passive participle meaning already set up, and with ustawianie, the nominalized form meaning the act or process of setting up. The choice among these forms communicates aspects of aspect (ongoing vs. completed) and temporal relation to the surrounding context.

See also: ustawiać, ustawianie, imiesłów przymiotnikowy bierny.