Letím

Letím is the first person singular present tense form of the Czech verb letět, meaning "to fly." It describes moving through the air with a vehicle or by natural flight, and can also be used figuratively to express rapid movement. The verb is imperfective, so the present tense denotes an ongoing or habitual action; future actions can be described with the imperfective future or the perfective counterpart.

Conjugation (present)

- já letím; ty letíš; on/ona/ono letí; my letíme; vy letíte; oni letí

Past tense

- Masculine singular: letěl; feminine singular: letěla; neuter singular: letělo

- Masculine plural: letěli; feminine/plural: letěly

Future

- Imperfective (repeated or ongoing): budu létat; budeš létat; bude létat; budeme létat; budete létat; budou létat

- Perfective (a single, completed flight): poletím; poletíš; poletí; poletíme; poletíte; poletí

Notes

- Letět is a basic motion verb of air travel and can be used literally (flying by aircraft) or metaphorically to convey speed, as in “Letí to rychle” (It’s going fast).

- In Czech, future for imperfective letět is formed with být plus infinitive (budu létat, budeš létat, etc.), while a one-time future action uses the perfective form poletět (poletím, poletíš, poletí, etc.).

- The root form allows common derived expressions such as letět dál (to fly farther) or letět jako střela (to fly like a bullet).