Sbírala

Sbírala is a Czech verb form that serves as the feminine singular past tense of the verb sbírat, meaning to collect or gather. The form is imperfective, used to describe a past action that was ongoing, repeated, or not presented as completed with an emphasis on the result. It is used with a feminine subject, commonly in narrative or descriptive text.

In use, sbírala often describes activities carried out over a period or as part of a routine. Examples include: Včera sbírala kamínky na pláži. Během léta sbírala zkušenosti na různých pracovních místech. Sbírala také listí v zahradě na podzim. These sentences illustrate past actions without stressing a definite conclusion or a fixed total.

The imperfective counterpart to sbírala is nasbírala, the past tense of the perfective form nasbírat, which emphasizes the completion of collecting a certain amount or achieving a clear result. Thus, sbírala focuses more on the activity itself and its occurrence in the past, whereas nasbírala highlights that the collection was completed or achieved.

Morphology and related forms: sbírala is feminine singular; masculine singular past tense would be sbíral, and plural forms include sbírali (masc.), sbíraly (feminine/plural). The base verb is sbírat, with related derivatives such as sbírat (infinitive), nasbírat (perfective), and sběr (noun: the act or result of collecting).

Sbírala appears across literary and informational texts to convey past, non-punctual acts of gathering by a female subject.