Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech postaviti, from Proto-Slavic *postaviti. Compare Serbo-Croatian поставити.
Pronunciation
Verb
postavit pf (imperfective stavět)
- to stand, put
- to stand up, set upright
- to build
- Tahle stěna je postavená z bahna. ― This wall here is made of mud.
- (reflexive with se, intransitive) to stand up
- (reflexive with se) to defy, oppose
- to put (a question etc in a specific manner)
- A když to postavil takto, konečně jsem pochopil, jak to myslí. ― And when he put it that way I could finally see what he meant.
Conjugation
Conjugation of postavit
| infinitive
|
postavit, postaviti
|
active adjective
|
postavivší
|
| verbal noun
|
postavení
|
passive adjective
|
postavený
|
| present forms |
indicative |
imperative
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| 1st person
|
postavím |
postavíme |
— |
postavme
|
| 2nd person
|
postavíš |
postavíte |
postav |
postavte
|
| 3rd person
|
postaví |
postaví |
— |
—
|
The verb postavit does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.
| participles |
past participles |
passive participles
|
|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
|
| masculine animate
|
postavil |
postavili |
postaven |
postaveni
|
| masculine inanimate
|
postavily |
postaveny
|
| feminine
|
postavila |
postavena
|
| neuter
|
postavilo |
postavila |
postaveno |
postavena
|
| transgressives
|
present
|
past
|
| masculine singular
|
— |
postaviv
|
| feminine + neuter singular
|
— |
postavivši
|
| plural
|
— |
postavivše
|
|
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