Dokumentují

Dokumentují is a Czech verb form. It is the third-person plural present indicative of the verb dokumentovat, meaning they document. The verb is imperfective and transitive, used to describe the act of creating, compiling, or presenting documents, records, or evidence. In everyday Czech, it appears in journalism, science, administration, and data collection contexts.

Origin and morphology: The infinitive is dokumentovat. It is built from the noun dokument (document) with the productive suffix -ovat. Present tense forms include dokumentuji, dokumentuješ, dokumentuje, dokumentujeme, dokumentujete, and dokumentují. Because it is imperfective, the present tense can express an ongoing action or a habitual activity. A related noun is dokumentace (documentation). A common perfective alternative with a prefix is zdokumentovat, meaning to document thoroughly or to complete the documentation.

Usage notes: Dokumentovat typically takes a direct object in the accusative, as in documenting a procedure, data, or events. The form dokumentují explicitly refers to they document in present time, but it can also denote a general statement about a recurring activity.

Examples: Vědci dokumentují výsledky experimentu. Instituce dokumentují své postupy pro dohled. These examples illustrate the use of the verb to indicate the act of producing or recording documentation or evidence.

See also: dokument, dokumentace, dokumentovat, zdokumentovat.