Míváte

Míváte is a Czech verb form used to express habitual or repeated action in the second person plural (vy) or in formal address. It is the present tense form of the imperfective verb mívat, which conveys that something happens regularly or as a matter of habit rather than as a single event. The form highlights frequency, regularity, or tendency in what you do or experience.

Formation and use: The 2nd person plural present habitual ending is -áte, attached to the stem mív-. Related forms include mívám (I habitually have), míváš (you habitually have), mívá (he/she habitually has), míváme (we habitually have), and mívají (they habitually have). The negative is nemíváte, meaning “you do not usually have.” The form is commonly used in everyday speech to describe routines, usual preferences, or things that tend to happen.

Examples:

- Vy míváte rádi kávu. (You usually like coffee.)

- O víkendech míváte časté návštěvy. (On weekends you often have visitors.)

Past and related forms: To express habitual action in the past, Czech uses forms based on mívat in the imperfective past, such as míval jste or mívali jste, rather than míváte. These forms differentiate ongoing past habits from present habits.

Notes: Míváte is a stylistically neutral, widely used feature of Czech, appropriate for describing routines, tendencies, or repeated experiences in a general sense. It is commonly found in conversations, diaries, and narrative descriptions of regular patterns.