stać/stawać/stanąć

[westhartford]

Could somebody please explain the difference between those three words?
Thank you

 

[Thomas1]

Could somebody please explain the difference between those three words?
Thank you

Hi,

stać implies that you’re in the middle of doing something, i.e. standing: Stoi na werandzie. He is standing on the porch. -- Está (de pie) en el porche., Znak stoi na poboczu. – The sign stands on the shoulder.-- La siñal está en el arcél.

stawać implies that you regularly stand somewhere, for instance: Zawsze stawał na początku. – He used to stand at the front. – Solía estar en el frente.
stanąć – implies that you started standing: Stanąłeś mi na paleca. – You’ve stood on my toe. – Me has pisado.

There are, of course, many shades of meanings, so you'll be best off if you give us some context and sentences in which you found the verbs.

 

[Ben Jamin]

Hi,
stać implies that you’re in the middle of doing something, i.e. standing: Stoi na werandzie. He is standing on the porch. -- Está (de pie) en el porche., Znak stoi na poboczu. – The sign stands on the shoulder.-- La siñal está en el arcél.
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Not quite so (as also evidenced by the examples):
stać is an imperfective verb (not a progressive one), and describes an action that usually is lasting or permanent: Pomnik Kopernika stoi na placu, żołnierz stoi na warcie. Stać is actually more a state than an action.

stawać implies that you regularly stand somewhere, for instance: Zawsze stawał na początku. – He used to stand at the front. – Solía estar en el frente..

I would modify this:
Stawać has a form of a typical imperfective verb, but in most instances it is a perfective verb, a special subgroup of perfective verbs: repetitive verbs that describe an action done repetitively, or usually. Translation: usually to stop (not stand) repeatedly or to take standing position (a change of state) as a habit.

In certain contexts the verb may, however, take an imperfective meaning:
'Samochód właśnie stawał' - 'The car was slowing down to stop'.

stanąć – implies that you started standing: Stanąłeś mi na paleca. – You’ve trampled on my toe. – Me has pisado.

Stanąć means either to stop a movement or to change to a standing position, or to take a position at a certain place (stanął z przodu - he took place in the front. This is also a perfective verb, and denotes a single completed action.

 

[Thomas1]

Not quite so (as also evidenced by the examples):
stać is an imperfective verb (not a progressive one), and describes an action that usually is lasting or permanent: Pomnik Kopernika stoi na placu, żołnierz stoi na warcie. Stać is actually more a state than an action.

I agree but as usual you need context to decide what it really means.

I would modify this:
Stawać has a form of a typical imperfective verb, but in most instances it is a perfective verb, a special subgroup of perfective verbs: repetitive verbs that describe an action done repetitively, or usually. Translation: usually to stop (not stand) repeatedly or to take standing position (a change of state) as a habit.

In certain contexts the verb may, however, take an imperfective meaning:
'Samochód właśnie stawał' - 'The car was slowing down to stop'.

I am not sure about this perfective classification of 'stawać'. Do we really know that the action was acomplished? Do the iterative verbs belong by definition to perfective verbs? Or am I missing something?
Stanął na palcach. -- perfective
Stał na palcach. -- imperfective
Stawał na palcach. -- iterative

The verbs 'stand' can also mean to 'stop' in English. Cf. also 'bring something to a standstill'. Another example:
"stad by the anchor"

stanąć – implies that you started standing: Stanąłeś mi na palca. – You’ve trampled on my toe. – Me has pisado.

Stanąć means either to stop a movement or to change to a standing position, or to take a position at a certain place (stanął z przodu - he took place in the front. This is also a perfective verb, and denotes a single completed action.

Stand can also be used in the meaning the Polish word is used, i.e. to locate your foot on something.