budeme

Budeme is the first-person plural present form of the Czech verb být (to be). In ordinary usage, it functions as an auxiliary to express future tense for imperfective verbs, effectively meaning “we will” or “we shall.” The form comes from the present tense conjugation of být: budu, budeš, bude, budeme, budete, budou.

Grammatically, budeme is used together with an infinitive to form a future action. For example, Budeme pracovat means “We will work,” and Budeme tam zítra means “We will be there tomorrow” or “We’ll be there tomorrow.” The construction is common in planning, scheduling, and statements about intentions or expectations. It is typically found in declarative sentences, questions, or conditional contexts where a future action by the speaker group is described.

In terms of usage, budeme conveys a non-final, ongoing future perspective with imperfective verbs, emphasizing the process or repetition rather than a single completed event. With many perfective verbs, Czech often uses a one-word future form instead of the be + infinitive construction, so Budeme is primarily associated with imperfective aspects.

Linguistically, budeme exists in other related Slavic languages with similar forms and functions; for example, Slovak uses budeme in a parallel role, and the root is cognate with future-marking constructions across the family. Translations into English center on the meaning “we will” or “we shall,” depending on context.

Budeme is not a standalone event verb; it is part of a broader future-tense construction in Czech and related languages. It appears frequently in everyday speech, media, and written texts when specifying planned or anticipated actions by a group.