jednat

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Czech

Etymology

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Verb

jednat impf

  1. (intransitive) to act
    Je nejvyšší čas jednat.It is high time to act.
  2. (intransitive) to negotiate, to treat
  3. (reflexive with se) to concern, to be about
    Jedná se o nedorozumění.It is a misunderstanding.
    Praha je hlavní město České republiky. Jedná se o město ležící na řece Vltavě.Prague is the capital of the Czech Republic. It is situated on the Vltava river.

Usage notes

  • The pattern of phrasing "A je B. Jedná se o C" is often semantically equivalent to "A je B. A je C", and can be rendered as "A is B. It is C". In general, the part "Jedná se o C" has an unclear subject, one that is to be sought somewhere in the sentence that precedes it.

Conjugation

Conjugation of jednat
infinitive jednat, jednati active adjective jednající
verbal noun jednání passive adjective jednaný
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person jednám jednáme jednejme
2nd person jednáš jednáte jednej jednejte
3rd person jedná jednají

The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive jednat.

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate jednal jednali jednán jednáni
masculine inanimate jednaly jednány
feminine jednala jednána
neuter jednalo jednala jednáno jednána
transgressives present past
masculine singular jednaje
feminine + neuter singular jednajíc
plural jednajíce

Derived terms

Further reading

  • jednati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • jednati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • jednat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025