Zrozumiani

Zrozumiani is the masculine personal plural form of the Polish past participle zrozumiany, meaning "understood." In Polish grammar, zrozumiany and its participial forms function as past passive participles or adjectival participles, agreeing with the noun they modify. Zrozumiani specifically corresponds to masculine personal plural nouns and is used when referring to a group that has been understood by someone else.

The participle can be used attributively before a noun, as in "uczestnicy zrozumiani przez tłumacza" (participants understood by the translator). It can also be used predicatively in sentences like "Oni zostali zrozumiani przez tłumacza" (They were understood by the translator). In everyday speech this form is less common; speakers often opt for a construction with a finite verb (są zrozumieni, zostali zrozumiani) or rephrase to avoid the participle.

Origin and related forms: It is formed from the verb rozumieć (to understand) with the usual past participle suffix -any and the prefix z- indicating completed state. Related forms include zrozumiany (masc. sing.), zrozumiana (f.), zrozumiane (neut.), and the abstract noun zrozumienie (understanding). Note that zrozumiani is a grammatical form rather than a semantic term.

See also: rozumieć, zrozumienie, zrozumiały.