Porovnáva

Porovnáva is a present-tense verb form in Slovak, functioning as the third-person singular of the verb porovnávať, which means to compare. It is used to describe the action of comparing carried out by a subject in a sentence, and it reflects the imperfective aspect, indicating an ongoing or habitual action rather than a completed one.

Morphology and usage

- Language: Slovak

- Lemma: porovnávať (to compare)

- Form discussed: porovnáva (present, 3rd person singular)

- Aspect: imperfective

- Transitivity: transitive; requires a direct object to be logically complete (for example, porovnáva ceny, porovnáva ponuky)

- Conjugation notes: common present-tense forms include ja porovnávam, ty porovnávaš, on/ona/ono porovnáva, my porovnávame, vy porovnávate, oni porovnávajú; porovnáva is the 3rd person singular form.

Etymology

The form derives from the verb porovnávať, with the present-tense suffix for 3rd person singular. The root porovná- comes from the stem meaning “to compare,” combined with grammatical endings that mark person and number.

Related words

- porovnávať: to compare (base verb)

- porovnávanie: the act or process of comparing (noun)

- porovnávač/porovnávačka: a comparator or device/agent that performs comparisons (noun)

See also

- porovnání (Czech cognate): the act of comparing

- porovnávání (Slovak noun form)

Porovnáva, as a standard verb form, appears in both spoken and written Slovak in contexts involving analysis, evaluation, or decision-making where comparison is implied.