klesáme

Klesáme is the first-person plural present tense form of the Czech verb klesat, meaning to fall, decline, or drop. The verb klesat is intransitive and can describe a physical downward movement as well as decreases in quantity, value, or intensity. Klesáme is commonly used in journalism, economics, sports, and everyday speech to indicate that a group or collective subject is experiencing a decline.

In usage, klesáme denotes a current trend shared by the speaker and at least one other person. It can describe both tangible measurements and more abstract phenomena. Typical contexts include sales figures, rankings, temperatures, or public approval. For example: Klesáme v prodejích oproti loňsku. Klesáme v žebříčcích popularity. The expression is often contrasted with vzrůstáme or stoupáme, which express growth or increase.

Related forms include klesání (noun: decline), klesající (present participle: decreasing), and various tenses built from klesat, such as klesal(a) jsem, klesali jsme, etc. The term is primarily used in semi-formal and formal Czech to describe downward trends, but it can also appear in casual conversation when a shared decline is being reported. As a linguistic form, klesáme illustrates how Czech marks subject, number, and tense through verb conjugation.