Odesílat

Odesílat is a Czech verb meaning to send or dispatch something to someone, such as a letter, a package, a message, or data. It denotes the act of transmitting or delivering an item to a specified recipient or destination. The verb is imperfective, describing an ongoing or repeated sending, and it is used in a wide range of contexts, including postal mail, email, and data transmission. Its perfective counterpart is odeslat, which emphasizes the completion of the sending action and is used when referring to a single sending event or its result.

Conjugation and usage: In the present tense, the imperfective forms are já odesílám, ty odesíláš, on/ona/ono odesílá, my odesíláme, vy odesíláte, oni odesílají. The past is formed with the auxiliary být and the past-tense forms of odesílat, e.g., odesílal jsem, odesílala jsi, odesílali jsme. For a completed sending, Czech typically uses odeslat, whose present (future) forms sound like já odešlu, ty odešleš, on odešle, my odešleme, vy odešlete, oni odešlou.

Related forms and usage notes: The noun odesílání denotes the process of sending. The past participle of the perfective odeslat is odeslán (masc.), odeslána (fem.), used to describe something that has been sent. Common synonyms include posílat (more neutral, often for regular sending) and zasílat (frequently used for bulk or targeted sending).

Examples: Odesílám dnes dopis. Dopis byl odeslán včera. Odeslat e-mail je rychlejší než psát dopis.