przedstawiany

Przedstawiany is a Polish present passive participle derived from the verb przedstawiać, meaning to present, to introduce, or to depict. It denotes an action that is currently taking place and is used to describe a noun that is being presented or introduced. As a participle it functions like an adjective and agrees with the noun in gender and number, for example: masculine singular — Raport jest przedstawiany komisji; feminine singular — figura przedstawiana; plural — materiały przedstawiane. In usage, it can appear attributively (before the noun) or predicatively (with być in a compound tense).

In contrast to the past or perfective participle przedstawiony, which marks a completed presentation, przedstawiany refers to an ongoing process. This distinction is common in formal and descriptive Polish, especially in academic, bureaucratic, or media texts where processes or presentations are being described as they occur. The form reflects the imperfective aspect of the related verb przedstawiać, emphasizing the unfolding nature of the act rather than its completion.

Etymologically, the form comes from the imperfective verb przedstawiać with the participial suffix, influenced by the prefix przed- meaning “in front of” or “before,” aligning with the sense of presenting something to someone or before an audience. The construction is widely used in reporting, summaries of procedures, and descriptions of ongoing demonstrations or exhibitions, where the emphasis is on the action of presenting rather than on its result.