obejrzeli

Obejrzeli is a Polish verb form, the past tense of the perfective verb obiejrzeć/obejrzeć meaning to watch, view, or examine something to completion. It is used with masculine personal plural subjects, such as a group of men or a mixed-gender group, and indicates that the action was completed in the past.

Usage and meaning

Obejrzeli denotes that the subjects finished watching or inspecting something. It is commonly followed by a direct object specifying what was watched or examined, for example: "Obejrzeli film" (they watched the film) or "Obejrzeli raport" (they reviewed the report). The nuance is the completion of the activity, often with emphasis on the experience or result of watching.

Grammatical notes

Obejrzeli is one form in a full set of past-tense conjugations for the verb obiejrzeć/obejrzeć. It agrees with masculine personal plural. Other gender-number forms include "obejrzałem/obejrzałam" (I watched), "obejrzałeś/obejrzałaś" (you watched, singular), and "obejrzały" (feminine plural) or "obejrzeliście" (you all watched, masculine personal). The verb itself is perfective, implying a completed action, in contrast to imperfective forms such as oglądać/patrzeć, which describe ongoing or repeated actions.

Etymology

The term is derived from the Polish verb obiejrzeć/obejrzeć, with the prefix ob- contributing to a sense of completion. It belongs to a class of Polish verbs formed by adding a prefix to a base meaning “to look at” or “to view,” yielding a sense of having viewed something in its entirety.

See also

obejrzeć, oglądać, oglądać się.