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Podpisaniu is a verbal noun form built from the verb podpisać (to sign). The basic noun-like form is podpisanie (signing). After the preposition po when it means after, Polish uses the locative case, so podpisanie changes to podpisaniu.
So:
- podpisać = to sign
- podpisanie = signing
- po podpisaniu = after signing
This is a very common Polish pattern.
Because Polish does not use po + infinitive the way English can use after + -ing.
After po meaning after, Polish normally uses:
- po + noun
- or po + verbal noun
So po podpisaniu umowy literally means after the signing of the contract, and naturally corresponds to English after signing the contract.
A full clause is also possible, for example:
- kiedy podpiszemy umowę = when we sign the contract
- po tym, jak podpiszemy umowę = after we sign the contract
But po podpisaniu umowy is shorter and very natural.