Potrebujete

Potřebujete is a Czech verb form meaning you need or you require. It is the present tense, used for the second person plural, and also for the formal second person when addressing one person (Vy potřebujete). The form comes from the verb potřebovat, whose meaning is “to need.”

Etymology and cognates: The word is built from the noun potřeba, meaning necessity or need, with the common Czech verb suffix -ovat to create the verb meaning “to need.” The root is related to cognates in other Slavic languages, such as Polish potrzebować (to need) and Czech daha widely to the noun potřeba. The exact historical development traces back to Proto-Slavic patterns for expressing necessity and obligation.

Usage: Potřebujete is used to ask or state what someone requires at the present moment. It commonly appears with a direct object in the accusative, such as něco (something), pomoc (help), nebo jinou věc (or another item). Examples include: Potřebujete něco? Potřebujete pomoc? Co potřebujete? The form is versatile for polite address and for addressing multiple people.

Notes: Potřebujete is the standard present-tense form for polite or plural address. The informal singular second-person form is ty potřebuješ, not potrebujete, so care is needed to choose the correct form based on the addressee. The noun potřeba expresses the concept of necessity and can be used in phrases like “potřebuji tvoji pomoc” (I need your help) with the corresponding first-person form, which differs from the third-person constructions.

See also: potřeba (noun), potřebovat (base verb), Czech verb conjugation.