budete

Budete is a grammatical form found in Czech and Slovak, serving as the second person plural future tense of the verb být, meaning "to be." It is used when addressing more than one person, or when using the formal address, where the pronoun vy is implied. The form is typically used for statements about future states, such as "Budete šťastní" (you will be happy) or "Co budete dělat?" (What will you do?).

In both languages, budete is formed from the future stem bud- with the second-person plural ending -ete. Other person forms use different endings: Czech budu (I will be), budeš (you singular), bude (he/she/it will be), budeme (we will), budou (they will); Slovak equivalents are budem, budeš, bude, budeme, budete, budú.

Negation is formed with the prefix ne-, as in "nebudete" (you will not be).

Examples:

Czech: Budete šťastní. Co budete dělat?

Slovak: Budete šťastní. Čo budete robiť?

Budete is a common and productive form in everyday Czech and Slovak, appearing in instructions, questions about future actions, and statements about anticipated states. Its use reinforces the broader system of expressing future with a common stem across persons.