choditi

Old Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sed-der.?

Proto-Slavic *xodъ

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei

Proto-Slavic *-iti

Proto-Slavic *xoditi

Old Czech choditi

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xoditi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈxoɟici/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈxoɟici/

Verb

choditi impf

1. (indeterminate) to walk
2. (biblical) to precede, to be a forerunner or herald
3. to behave
4. (religion) to remain in someone's presence
5. to think, to ponder
6. (of liquid) to flow
7. to go in; to wear (to go in a particular vestment)
8. to live, to experience life
9. (in the negative) to not marry, to remain single
10. (of a pond) to spread out, to be, to cover a certain area

Conjugation

Conjugation of choditi (class IV)

infinitive	supine	verbal noun
choditi	chodit	chozenie

	present			imperative
	singular	dual	plural	singular	dual	plural
1st person	chozu	chodívě (-va)	chodím (-me/-my)	—	choďvě, chodivě (-va)	choďme, chodim (-me/-my)
2nd person	chodíš	chodíta	chodíte	choď, chodi	choďta, chodita	choďte, chodite
3rd person	chodí	chodíta	chodie	choď, chodi	choďta, chodita	choďte, chodite

	aorist (sigmatic)			imperfect
	singular	dual	plural	singular	dual	plural
1st person	chodich	chodichově (-va)	chodichom (-me/-my)	chodiech	chodiechově (-va)	chodiechom (-me/-my)
2nd person	chodi	chodista (-šta)	chodiste (-šte)	chodieše	chodiešta (-sta)	chodiešte (-ste)
3rd person	chodi	chodista (-šta)	chodichu	chodieše	chodiešta (-sta)	chodiechu

	l-participle			passive participle
	singular	dual	plural	singular	dual	plural
masculine	chodil	chodila	chodili	—	—	—
feminine	chodila	chodile	chodily	—	—	—
neuter	chodilo	chodile	chodila	—	—	—

	nt-participle			s-participle
	singular	dual	plural	singular	dual	plural
masculine	chodě	chodiece		chodiv	chodivše
feminine	chodieci			chodivši
neuter	chodě, chodieci			chodiv, chodivši

compound forms
perfect	Use the l-participle of choditi and the present tense of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. chodil jest
pluperfect	Use the l-participle of choditi and one of the past tenses of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. chodil bě/bieše/by / byl jest chodil
future	Use the infinitive of choditi and the future tense of býti or less often present tense of the auxiliary verb chtieti or jmieti e.g. bude/chce/jmá choditi
future perfect	Use the l-participle of choditi and the future tense of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. bude chodil
present conditional	Use the l-participle of choditi and the perfective aorist tense of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. chodil by
past conditional	Use the l-participle of choditi and the perfect tense of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. byl by chodil
continuous	Use the nt-participle of choditi and the appropriate tense of the auxiliary verb býti e.g. jest chodě, bude chodě

Note: This table shows the most common forms of choditi around the 13th/14th century. See also Appendix:Old Czech verbs and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Related terms

• jíti
• jěti

Descendants

• Czech: chodit

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “choditi”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění