Prichádza

Prichádza is a Slovak verb form meaning "comes" or "is coming." It is the third person singular present indicative of the imperfective verb prichádzať, formed with the prefix pri- added to the habitual verb chádzať. The aspect is imperfective, used for ongoing, repeated, or impending actions, in contrast to the perfective prísť, which denotes a single arrival.

Origin: The word is derived from the prefix pri- meaning "towards" attached to chádzať, which has the sense of "to go" or "to come" in a habitual sense. The combination emphasizes approaching or moving toward a reference point.

Usage: Prichádza is used to indicate that someone or something is coming or approaching, including times and seasons. It can express imminence, as in "Prichádza zima" (Winter is coming). For a punctual arrival described as a completed event, Slovak uses the perfective "prísť" (e.g., "príde" in present or "prišiel" in past).

Conjugation: In present tense the forms are: ja prichádzam, ty prichádzaš, on/ona prichádza, my prichádzame, vy prichádzate, oni prichádzajú. The 3rd person singular is "prichádza." The word can also appear in compound tenses with auxiliary verbs.

See also: prísť, príchod, prichádzať, chodiť.