informowali

Informowali is the past tense, masculine personal plural form of the Polish verb informować, meaning to inform. It is used when the subject of the sentence is a group of people that includes at least one male or a mixed-gender group. For all-female groups the corresponding form is informowały, and neuter or plural forms differ in other contexts (for example, informowało is neuter singular, and informowaliśmy is we informed in a masculine/mixed group).

Morphology and usage notes: Polish past tense forms reflect the gender and number of the subject. The ending -ali signals masculine personal plural, while -owały indicates feminine plural. The imperfective aspect of informować means the action could be described as an ongoing or repeated informing in the past, rather than a single completed act. A common perfective counterpart is poinformowali (they informed/ notified once), with corresponding feminine and neuter forms such as poinformowały or poinformowało.

Origin and meaning: The verb informować is a standard Polish verb meaning to inform. It is derived from the root inform- and the Polish verb-forming patterns, and it is commonly used in journalism, administration, education, and everyday speech to report the act of conveying information to others.

Examples: Informowali mnie o zmianach w harmonogramie. (They informed me about the changes in the schedule.) Informowały nas o wynikach badań. (They informed us about the results of the studies.) In formal writing, the choice between informowali and poinformowali can convey nuance about the nature and completeness of the informing act.