kupuje

Kupuje is a Polish verb form meaning "he buys" or "she buys." It is the third-person singular present tense of the imperfective verb kupować, which means to buy. The imperfective aspect describes an ongoing or habitual action, as opposed to kupić, the perfective counterpart, which is used for completed purchases and often future actions.

Conjugation and usage: The present tense forms of kupować are ja kupuję, ty kupujesz, on kupuje, my kupujemy, wy kupujecie, oni kupują. The form kupuje is used for the third person singular in everyday speech, for example in sentences like Ona kupuje chleb (She buys bread) or On kupuje nowe buty (He buys new shoes). The verb is frequent in shopping, commerce, and everyday conversation.

Etymology and cognates: kupować derives from Proto-Slavic *kupovati and is cognate with Russian покупать (pokupat'), Czech kupovat, and Ukrainian купувати (kupuvat'). The root kup- is connected to the concept of purchase, with related nouns such as zakup (a purchase).

See also: Kupić (to buy, perfective) and kupowanie (the act of buying) as related terms. The word kupuje can appear in many contexts involving buying activities, from routine errands to commercial transactions.