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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech bráti, from Proto-Slavic *bьrati.
Pronunciation
Verb
brát impf (perfective vzít)
- to take
- Berte tyhle léky třikrát denně. ― Take this medicine three times a day.
- (reflexive with se) to marry (to be joined together as spouses)
- Petra a Pavel se v červnu budou brát. ― Petra and Paul will marry in June.
- (reflexive with si) to marry, to help yourself (to some food)
- Beru si nákupní košík, protože mám malý nákup. ― I'm taking a shopping basket (not a cart) because I have small items.
Conjugation
Conjugation
| The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive brát. |
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present
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past
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| masculine singular
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bera |
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| feminine + neuter singular
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berouc |
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| plural
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berouce |
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Further reading
- bráti in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- bráti in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- brát in Internetová jazyková příručka