chovat
Czech
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Czech chovati, from Proto-Slavic *xovati.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editchovat impf
- (reflexive with se) to behave
- Děti se dobře chovaly. ― The children behaved well.
- Včera ses choval nepřístojně. ― You were behaving indecently yesterday.
- to hold, to cradle
- Matka poprvé chovala své dítě. ― The mother cradled her child for the first time.
Conjugation
editConjugation
Infinitive | chovat, chovati | Active adjective | chovající |
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Verbal noun | chování | Passive adjective | chovaný |
Present forms | indicative | imperative | ||
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singular | plural | singular | plural | |
1st person | chovám | chováme | — | chovejme |
2nd person | chováš | chováte | chovej | chovejte |
3rd person | chová | chovají | — | — |
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive chovat. |
Participles | Past participles | Passive participles | ||
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singular | plural | singular | plural | |
masculine animate | choval | chovali | chován | chováni |
masculine inanimate | chovaly | chovány | ||
feminine | chovala | chována | ||
neuter | chovalo | chovala | chováno | chována |
Transgressives | present | past |
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masculine singular | chovaje | — |
feminine + neuter singular | chovajíc | — |
plural | chovajíce | — |
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