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Czech
Etymology
From po- + dívat.
Pronunciation
Verb
podívat pf (imperfective dívat)
- (reflexive with se) to look (to try to see)
- (reflexive with se) to have a look
- Synonyms: kouknout, juknout, mrknout, hodit očko
- Podívej, oni hrají badminton. ― Look, they are playing badminton.
- Jen se podívám. ― I'm only looking. (response to shopkeeper)
Conjugation
Conjugation
| The verb podívat does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only. |
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Further reading
- “podívati se”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “podívati se”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “podívat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)