stawia

Stawia is a Polish verb form used in everyday language. It is most commonly encountered as the third-person singular present tense of the imperfective verb stawiać, meaning to place, to set up, or to erect. The form is used when describing ongoing or repeated actions of placing or installing something, such as erecting a building, setting up a monument, or placing objects in a particular position.

Conjugation and usage notes. In the present tense, the forms of stawiać include: ja stawiam, ty stawiasz, on/ona stawia, my stawiamy, wy stawiacie, oni/stawiają. The form stawia specifically corresponds to the third-person singular. Stawia takes a direct object in the accusative (stawia coś) and is used with concrete, tangible actions as well as more abstract ones, such as establishing a facility or arrangement.

Etymology and related forms. Stawiać comes from the Proto-Slavic root *staviti, related to similar Slavic verbs in other languages that mean to place or set. The noun or verbal noun related to the act of placing can be formed with stawianie, while the perfective counterpart of stawiać is stawić, which conveys a completed, one-time act like erecting a statue or establishing a facility.

Examples. On stawia nowy dom. Firma stawia most. Władze stawiają pomnik upamiętniający wydarzenia.

See also. Stawiać, stawianie. The verb stawiać and its perfective counterpart stawić are used to express related but aspectually distinct actions in Polish grammar.