No. 2,898 in Polish
mieszkający
"Living" or "residing."
In a sentence
Mieszkałyśmy z przyjaciółką w mieszkaniu wynajmowanym przez osobę mieszkającą w Krakowie.
My friend and I lived in an apartment rented by a person residing in Krakow.
Here, 'mieszkającą' is used as an adjective derived from the verb 'mieszkać' (to live) to describe the characteristic of the person living in Krakow.
Osoba mieszkająca w tamtym domu ma piękny ogród.
The person residing in that house has a beautiful garden.
In this sentence, 'mieszkająca' acts as a participle describing the person living in that specific house.
Znaleźliśmy kota w sąsiednim ogrodzie, który należał do rodziny mieszkającej za rogiem.
We found a cat in the neighboring garden, which belonged to the family living around the corner.
Here, 'mieszkającej' describes the family residing nearby, attributing the participle form to a collective noun 'rodzina' (family).
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