jít
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Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Czech jíti, from Proto-Slavic *jьti (“to go”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]jít impf
- to walk, go (on foot)
- to work, do, suffice
- Budou tři stačit? To půjde. ― Will three be enough? It will do.
- Jde mi to. ― I'm good at this.
- can, to be possible
- Nejde udělat všechno dobře, ale alespoň udělat většinu dobře by už mohlo jít! ― You can't do everything well, but at least you can do most of it well!
- (with the preposition o) to concern, matter, interest (to be at issue, to be at stake)
- Jde o život. ― There's a life at stake.
- Právě o to mi jde. ― That's exactly what I'm concerned about.
Usage notes
[edit]- The verb jít is a unidirectional verb. Its multidirectional counterpart is chodit.
Conjugation
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Synonyms
[edit]- to be possible: lze
Antonyms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “jíti”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “jíti”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “jít”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
- “jít”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2026, slovnikcestiny.cz
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