Zakládáte

Zakládáte is a Czech verb form meaning “you (plural) are founding” or “you (plural) found” in the present imperfective. It comes from the verb zakládat, which expresses an ongoing or repeated act of establishing something, such as an organization, a company, an institution, or a project. The form is used when addressing more than one person (vy) or in formal singular addressing in older stylistic registers.

As an imperfective verb, zakládat emphasizes the process of founding rather than its completion. The corresponding perfective form is založíte, which expresses a completed act or a future event: “Založíte novou firmu.” The distinction between zakládat (imperfective) and založit (perfective) is a standard aspectual pair in Czech verbs.

Common usage and collocations include založit firmu, založit nadaci, založení organizace, or zakládání pobočky. Related derived forms include zakladatel (founder), založený (founded), and založení (the act of founding or the foundation).

Etymologically, zakládat is the imperfective counterpart of založit, both built around the semantic core “to lay a foundation” or “to establish.” The pairing reflects Czech aspectual organization, where imperfective and perfective forms express ongoing versus completed or future actions.

In sum, zakládáte is the present imperfective form used to describe the ongoing act of founding by you (plural or formal). It is commonly found in discussions of organizing, launching, or establishing institutions, companies, and projects.