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postavit

/[ˈpostavɪt]/
Czechverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to stand, put
  2. 2.
    to stand up, set upright
  3. 3.
    to build
    • Tahle stěna je postavená z bahna.

      This wall here is made of mud.

  4. 4.
    to stand up
  5. 5.
    to defy, oppose
  6. 6.
    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.

Synonyms & related words

Related words (1)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech postaviti, from Proto-Slavic *postaviti. Compare Serbo-Croatian поставити.

Forms

  • stavětimperfective
  • postavitinfinitive
  • postavitiinfinitive
  • postavenínoun-from-verb
  • postavímfirst-person • indicative • singular
  • postavímefirst-person • indicative • plural
  • -first-person • imperative • singular
  • postavmefirst-person • imperative • plural
  • postavíšindicative • second-person • singular
  • postavíteindicative • plural • second-person
  • postavimperative • second-person • singular
  • postavteimperative • plural • second-person
  • postavíindicative • singular • third-person
  • postavíindicative • plural • third-person
  • -imperative • singular • third-person
  • -imperative • plural • third-person
  • -masculine • present • singular
  • postavivmasculine • past • singular
  • -feminine • neuter • present • singular
  • postavivšifeminine • neuter • past • singular
  • -plural • present
  • postavivšepast • plural
  • The verb postavit does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.

Conjugation

Infinitive:postavit, postaviti
I
postavím
we
postavíme
you (sg)
postavíš
you (pl)
postavíte
he/she/it
postaví
they
postaví

Full conjugation of postavit

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