ustanowili

Ustanowili is a Polish verb form, specifically the past tense of the perfective verb ustanowić, meaning to establish, set up, or found. It is the masculine personal plural form used when the subject is a group of men or mixed gender. The verb’s imperfective counterpart is ustanawiać, while the noun form for the act of establishing is ustanowienie or ustanowienie się.

Usage and meaning

Ustanowili is used in historical, political, legal, and formal prose to describe that a group has completed the act of establishing something—such as a law, institution, order, or authority. Because it is perfective, it emphasizes the completion of the establishment rather than the process. The form appears in narratives about events where a collective action results in a new structure or rule.

Morphology and related forms

Polish distinguishes person and gender in past tense forms. For masculine personal plural subjects, the ending is -ili, as in ustanowili. For feminine plural subjects the form is ustanowiły, and for neuter or mixed contexts the past tense will reflect the appropriate gender and number. The related noun form for the act is ustanowienie, and the imperfective counterpart is ustanawiać with forms like ustanawiali in past tense for masculine plural.

Examples

- Partia i jej sojusznicy ustanowili nowy porządek prawny po zakończeniu konfliktu. (The party and its allies established a new legal order after the conflict.)

- Władze ustanowiły zasady nowego systemu; wcześniej jednak nie ustalono ich w ten sposób, więc zostały one później zmienione.

See also

ustanowić, ustanowienie, ustanawianie, ustanowienie prawa.