Utrzymamy

Utrzymamy is the first-person plural future tense form of the Polish verb utrzymać, meaning to maintain, keep, or uphold. It is used to express a commitment by the speaker and others to sustain a particular state or policy in the future. The form is derived from the infinitive utrzymać with the 1st person plural future ending -my; it is a perfective verb, which typically conveys a sense of achieving a defined result or delivering a pledged action.

In everyday use, utrzymamy appears mainly in official statements, political rhetoric, and organizational pledges. It functions as a slogan or promise: for example, Utrzymamy porządek, Utrzymamy stabilność cen, Utrzymamy finansowanie ochrony zdrowia. Because it is a finite verb form, it is usually part of a larger sentence indicating who will carry out the action (the subject is typically we, or a named group). It is not typically used as a standalone noun; the related noun utrzymanie refers to the act or process of maintenance.

Etymologically, utrzymamy is built from utrzymać with the standard 1st person plural future ending and is regularly conjugated like other perfective Polish verbs of this class. In contrast, the imperfective form utrzymywać would be used with a present or future imperfective construction such as będziemy utrzymywać, when the emphasis is on ongoing maintenance rather than a defined, completed result. See also Polish verbs and Polish grammar for related concepts.