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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech uměti, from Proto-Slavic *uměti.
Pronunciation
Verb
umět impf
- (transitive) can (to be able)
- (transitive) to speak, to understand (object: language)
- Umíte anglicky? ― Do you speak English?
Conjugation
Conjugation
| Infinitive
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umět, uměti
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Active adjective
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umějící
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| Verbal noun
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umění
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Passive adjective
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—
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| The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive umět. |
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| Participles |
Past participles |
Passive participles
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singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
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| masculine animate
|
uměl |
uměli |
— |
—
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| masculine inanimate
|
uměly |
—
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| feminine
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uměla |
—
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| neuter
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umělo |
uměla |
— |
—
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| Transgressives
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present
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past
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| masculine singular
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uměje |
—
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| feminine + neuter singular
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umějíc |
—
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| plural
|
umějíce |
—
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Antonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “uměti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “uměti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “umět”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)