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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech hovořiti, from Proto-Slavic *govoriti, from Proto-Indo-European *gow(H)- (“to call, cry”).
Cognate to Serbo-Croatian govoriti.
Pronunciation
Verb
hovořit impf (perfective pohovořit)
- to talk, to speak
Conjugation
Conjugation
| The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive hovořit. |
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present
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past
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| masculine singular
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hovoře |
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| feminine + neuter singular
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hovoříc |
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| plural
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hovoříce |
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Further reading
- “hovořiti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “hovořiti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “hovořit”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)