koukat

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German gucken, kucken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkou̯kat]
  • Rhymes: -oukat

Verb

koukat impf (perfective kouknout)

  1. (informal) to look, watch
    Koukej na ten krásný dům!Look at that beautiful house!
  2. (informal) to get, to make happen, to mind doing
    Koukej zmizet!Get lost!
  3. (informal) to peek, peek out
    Kouká ti cedulka od trička!The label is peeking out of your shirt!

Conjugation

Conjugation of koukat
infinitive koukat, koukati active adjective koukající


verbal noun koukání passive adjective
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person koukám koukáme koukejme
2nd person koukáš koukáte koukej koukejte
3rd person kouká koukají

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

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate koukal koukali
masculine inanimate koukaly
feminine koukala
neuter koukalo koukala
transgressives present past
masculine singular koukaje
feminine + neuter singular koukajíc
plural koukajíce

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