Verbs: Imperative is the 55th skill (assuming read left to right) of the Czech language tree. This skill deals with Czech verbs in the imperative mood.
Grammar Notes[]
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The imperative form of a verb (i.e. the imperative mood) is used to make requests or give commands. Imperative verbs can be in the 1st person (e.g. Let's go!) or the 2nd person (You, go!) They can also be in the informal (ty) form or the formal (or plural vy) form. To make an imperative form of a verb, (1) start with the regular verb in the third person plural form. (2) Remove the endings ou/-ají/-í to get the imperative root. (3) Add a suffix as appropriate to get the ty, vy form. Sometimes the vowel before it has to change. There are patterns affecting whether the vowel changes and what suffixes to add but it is probably easier to just learn the imperative forms for the verbs commonly used in commands and requests.
For example:
- The infinitive verb is: "podívat se" (to take a look)
- The 3rd person plural form is: "podívají se" (they look)
- Removing the ending, we get the imperative root: "podívaj- se"
- Added suffixes as appropriate:
- "podívej se...." (you, take a look....) Note vowel change.
- podívejte se...." (you formal, or you all take a look....)
- podívejme se...." (let's take a look....)
Lessons[]
Lesson 1[]
- podívej se na.... = (you, informal) look at.... (from podívají se. Perfective verb, to take a look)
- podívejme se na.... = (let us) look at....
- Teď se podívej na.... = Now, (will you) look at....
- podívejte se na.... = (you formal or you all) look at....
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- spolu = together
- Podívej se na Měsíc. = Look at the Moon.
- Mami, podívej se rychle z okna. = Mom, look quickly out the window.
- Podívejte se, Matěji, to není možné. = Look Matěj, that is not possible!
- Podívejte se spolu na své děti. = Take a look together at your children.
- Kateřino, podívej se na mě. = Kateřina, look at me!
- Podívejme se, kdo sedí s naším tátou. = Let's see who is sitting with our dad!
- Mami, podívejte se s tátou na ten byt. = Mom, look at that apartment with Dad.
- Teď se podívej na tohle. = Now look at this.
- Podívejme se na ten dům spolu s tátou. = Let's have a look at that house together with Dad.
- Podívej se na ten Měsíc. = Look at that Moon!
- Žofie, Františku, podívejte se na své oblečení. = Žofie, František, look at your clothes!
- Podívejme se na další. = Let's have a look at the next one.
- Mami, podívejme se na to ještě jednou spolu. = Mom, let's have a look at it one more time together.
- Přátelé, podívejte se na to co nejdřív. = Friends, look at it as soon as possible.
Lesson 2[]
- dívej se na.... = (you) look at.... (from dívat se. Imperfective verb, to look)
- nedívej se na.... = (you) don't look at....
- dívejte se na.... = (you all) look at....
- nedívejte se na.... = (you all) don't look at....
- dívejme se na.... = (we, let us) look at....
- nedívejme se na.... = (we, let us) don't look at....
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- Nedívejme se. = Let's not look.
- Už se na něho nedívejme. = Let's not look at him any more.
- Teď se nedívejme. = Let's not look now.
- Jen se dívej. = Just watch.
- Teď se nedívejte. = Let's not look now. <OR> Don't look now.
- Nedívej se na slunce. = Do not look at the sun.
- Dívejme se, kam jdeme. = Let's watch where we are going.
- Na televizi se dívejme co nejmíň. = Let's watch TV as little as possible.
- Nedívejte se na jeho vlasy. = Don't look at his hair.
- Dívejte se na ty barvy. = Watch those colors.
- Dívejte se na mě, když mluvíte. = Look at me when you speak.
- Dívejte se na knihy, ne na hohy. = Look at books not legs.
- Dívej se na mě. = Watch me!
- Dívejte se na televizi v osm hodin. = Watch TV at eight o'clock.
- Nedívej se teď na televizi. = Don't watch TV now.
- Nedívejte se tak na mě. = Don't look at me like that!
- Dívejme se na všechno vlastníma očima. = Let's look at everything with our own eyes.
- Nedívej se stále z okna. = Don't look out the window all the time.
- Dívej se kam běžíš. = Watch where you are running!
Lesson 3[]
- pracujme.... = let's work
- nepracuj.... = (you) don't work
- pracujte.... = (you all) work
- stěžujme si.... = let's complain
- nestěžuj si.... = (you) don't complain
- stěžujte si na.... = (you all) complain about...
- hledejme.... = let's search for....
- nehledej.... = (you) do not search for....
- hledejte.... = (you all) search for....
- pišme.... = let's write
- napišme.... = let's write (perfective)
- piš.... = (you) write
- napiš.... = (you) write (perfective)
- nepiš.... = (you) don't write
- pište.... = (you all) write
- napište.... = (you all) write (perfective form)
- mluvme o.... = let's talk about
- mluvte.... = (you all) talk
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- Nestěžuj si. = Don't complain!
- Nepiš tužkou. = Do not write with a pencil.
- Nemluv stále. = Don't talk all the time!
- Dnes nepracuj. = Do not work today.
- Pišme pomaleji. = Let's write more slowly.
- Pracujte rychleji. = Work faster!
- Mluvte pomaleji, prosím. = Speak more slowly, please.
- Hledejme lepšího učitele. = Let's look for a better teacher.
- Napiš ten dopis do soboty. = Write that letter by Saturday.
- Hledejte lepší zaměstnání. = Look for a better job.
- Napište ty dopisy do úterý. = Write the letters by Tuesday.
- Mluvme o něčem zajimavějším. = Let's talk about something more interesting.
- Pište černým nebo modrým perem. = Write with a black or blue pen.
- Stěžujte si na důležitější věci. = Complain about more important things.
- Víc pracujme a míň si stěžujme. = Let's work more and complain less.
- Do dubna o nich napišme knihu. = By April, let's write a book about them.
- Tady nic nehledej. = Do not look for anything here.
- Piš domů častěji. = Write home more often!
- Nikdy mě nehledej. = Do not ever look for me.
Lesson 4[]
- nepijte.... = (you all) don't drink (imperfective)
- nepijte tolik! = don't drink so much (example of imperfective usage)
- pij.... = (you) drink
- pijme.... let's drink
- vypij.... (you) drink up (perfective. Translated as "drink up" - a single event)
- vypijte.... (you all) drink up
- vypijme.... let's drink up
- čti.... (you) read
- čtěte.... (you all) read
- nečtěte.... (you all) don't read
- nečtěme.... let's not read
- otevři.... = (you) open
- otevřete.... = (you all) open
- zavři.... = close
- zavřete.... = (you all) close
- zavřeme.... = let's close
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- Otevřete oči. = Open your eyes!
- Nepijte tolik. = Don't drink so much!
- Nečtěte tolik. = Do not read so much!
- Pijme víc vody. = Let's drink more water.
- Zavřete to okno. = Close that window.
- Nečti tuhle větu. = Do not read this sentence!
- Pomalu otevři oči. = Slowly open your eyes.
- Čtěte lepší knihy. = Read better books.
- Rychle to vypijte. = Drink this quickly.
- Pij mléko každý den. = Drink milk every day.
- Zavři na dvě minuty oči. = Close your eyes for two minutes.
- Zavři tu knihu. = Close the book.
- Víc čti, abys víc věděl. = Read more to know more.
- Vypijme spolu láhev vína. = Let's drink a bottle of wine together.
- Rychle zavřeme všechny dveře. = Let's quickly shut all doors.
- Nečtěme každou hloupou knihu. = Let's not read every stupid book.
- Vypij celou sklenici. = Drink the whole glass.
- Čti pomaleji. = Read more slowly.
Lesson 5[]
- stárni.... = (you) age
- stárněte.... = (you all) age
- nestárněme.... = let's not age
- uč se.... = (you) study
- učte se.... = (you all) study
- učme se.... = let's study
- bojte se.... = (you all) be afraid
- neboj se.... = (you) don't be afraid
- nebojme se.... = let's not be afraid
- spi.... = (you) sleep
- spěte.... = (you all) sleep
- nespi.... = (you) don't sleep
- snaž se.... = (you) try
- snažte se.... = (you all) try to
- nesnažme se.... = let's not try
- mysleme na.... = let's think about
- nemyslete na.... = (you all) don't think about
- nemysli si.... = (you) don't think
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- Nestárněme. = Let's not age.
- Víc se snaž. = Try harder!
- Spi, kdekoli chceš. = Sleep wherever you want.
- Těch lídí se bojte. = Fear those people.
- Příliš se nesnažme. = Let's not try too hard.
- Snažte se to chápat. = Try to understand it.
- Stárni co nejpomaleji. = Age as slowly as possible.
- Uč se užitečnější věci. = Study more useful things.
- Mysleme na cokoli jiného. = Let's think about anything else.
- Nikoho ani nečeho se nebojme. = Let's not be afraid of anyone or anything.
- Nemysli si, že se tady něco učíš. = Don't think that you are learning anything here.
- Kateřino a Žofie, stárněte pomalu. = Kateřina and Žofie age slowly.
- Neboj se. = Don't be afraid.
- Spi ve své vlastní posteli. = Sleep in your own bed.
- Nemyslete stále na holky a učte se jazyky. = Don't think about girls all the time, and study languages.
- Víc se uč a míň si stěžuj. = Study more and complain less.
- Nespi, když máš pracovat. = Do not sleep when you are supposed to work!
- Učme se, abychom něco uměli. = Let's study to know something.
Lesson 6[]
- buď.... = (you) be
- buďte.... = (you all) be
- nebuď.... = (you) don't be
- viz.... = (you) see
- vizme.... = let's see
- jez.... = (you) eat (imperfective)
- nejez.... = (you) don't eat
- sněz.... = (you) eat up (perfective)
- snězme... = let's eat up
- nesnězte.... = (you all) don't eat up
- věz.... = (you) know
- vězte.... = (you all) know
- měj.... = (you) have
- mějme.... = let's have
- nemějte.... = (you all) don't have
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- Buď moje. = Be mine.
- Viz tuto větu. = See this sentence!
- Sněz to všechno. = Eat all of it!
- Nesnězte všechno. = Don't eat everything.
- Žlutý sníh nejez. = Do not eat yellow snow!
- Věz, že existují. = Know that they exist.
- Nemějte tolik dětí. = Don't have so many children.
- Buďte spolu šťastní. = Be happy together.
- Jez častěji, ale míň. = Eat more often, but less.
- Měj ji tak rád jako já. = Love her as I do.
- Vězte, že se může stát cokoli. = Know that anything can happen.
- Viz její dopis z března. = See her letter from March.
- Rychle něco snězme. = Let's quickly eat something!
- Nejez tolik cukru. = Do not eat so much sugar!
- Viz naše dopisy z června a července. = See our letters from June and July.
- Věz, kdo jsou tví přátelé. = Know who are your friends.
- Mějme další dítě. = Let's have another child.
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