Dovoluje

Dovoluje is the third-person singular present tense form of the Czech verb dovolit, meaning to allow or to permit. It is used to state that someone or something allows an action or grants permission.

Usage and grammar: Dovoluje is transitive and commonly appears with a dative indirect object representing the person who is being allowed something, and with an infinitive or noun describing the action or thing permitted. For example, Zákon dovoluje občanům cestovat zdarma (The law allows citizens to travel for free). Another example is Učitel dovoluje studentům položit otázky (The teacher allows students to ask questions). The form can also appear in polite imperatives related to permission, as in Dovolte mi poznámku (Please allow me a remark).

The phrase dovolit si introduces a reflexive construction meaning “to permit oneself,” as in Dovolím si poznámku (I will allow myself a remark) or Dovolte si krátkou poznámku (Allow me a brief remark).

Related forms include the imperfective dovoltovat? Actually the imperfective is dovovolovat (to be allowing, habitual), and the noun dovolení means permission. The term is common in legal, administrative, and formal contexts, but it also appears in everyday speech to indicate consent or allowance.

Pronunciation: dovoluje is pronounced roughly doh-voh-LOO-yeh, with the stress on the second syllable of the stem.

In summary, dovoluje is a standard Czech verb form used to express that permission is granted by an authority, an agreement, or a contextual rule, and it participates in both formal and everyday language.