Verb
chápat impf (perfective pochopit)
- to understand
- Antonym: nechápat
- Teď už to chápu. ― Now I finally understand.
- (reflexive with se, rare) imperfective form of chopit
- Synonyms: uchopovat, chytat, brát
chápat se každé příležitosti- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Chlapci se chápou za ramena a tančí.- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Usage notes
- The second meaning – imperfective form of chopit – is rare despite this being the original meaning. Today, the word is normally only used as to understand.
Conjugation
More information infinitive, active adjective ...
Conjugation of chápat
| infinitive |
chápat, chápati |
active adjective |
chápající |
|---|
| verbal noun |
— |
passive adjective |
— |
| present forms | indicative | imperative |
|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural |
| 1st person |
chápu | chápeme | — | chápejme |
| 2nd person |
chápeš | chápete | chápej | chápejte |
| 3rd person |
chápe | chápou | — | — |
The future tense: a combination of a future form of být + infinitive chápat.
| participles | past participles | passive participles |
|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural |
| masculine animate |
chápal | chápali | chápán | chápáni |
| masculine inanimate |
chápaly | chápány |
| feminine |
chápala | chápána |
| neuter |
chápalo | chápala | chápáno | chápána |
| transgressives |
present |
past |
|---|
| masculine singular |
chápaje | — |
| feminine + neuter singular |
chápajíc | — |
| plural |
chápajíce | — |
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Further reading
- “chápati”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “chápati”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “chápat”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025