mówieniem

Mówieniem is a Polish noun that denotes the act or process of speaking. It is a deverbal noun formed from the verb mówić (to speak) with the suffix -enie, and it equates to the English term "speaking" or "the act of speaking." In Polish, mówienie can function as the subject or object of a sentence and is used with various case endings, for example: mówienie (nominative), mówienia (genitive), mówieniu (dative or locative/instrumental forms), and mówienie (accusative).

In everyday language, the word emphasizes the activity of producing spoken language rather than the ability, manner, or system of speech, which may be conveyed by related terms such as mowa (speech, discourse) or język (language). Mówienie is commonly used in educational, clinical, and linguistic contexts to discuss speaking skills, fluency, pronunciation, or the act of speaking in general.

The term is widely used in phrases such as "mówienie po polsku" (speaking Polish), "mówienie po angielsku" (speaking in English), or "mówienie o problemie" (speaking about the problem). In linguistics, mówienie is often analyzed alongside articulation, fluency, and pragmatics to describe how spoken language is produced and perceived. The word appears in both formal and informal registers, though in some contexts a more specific term like mowa or wypowiedź may be preferred.

Etymologically, mówienie derives from the verb mówić and is part of a productive class of Polish verbal nouns formed with the suffix -enie, reflecting the general pattern of turning verbs into nouns to denote action or process.