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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech chovati, from Proto-Slavic *xovati.
Pronunciation
Verb
chovat 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
Conjugation
| The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive chovat. |
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Further reading
- “chovati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “chovati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “chovat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025