motivuje

Motivuje is a present-tense verb form used in Czech and Slovak that means “he/she/it motivates.” It is the third-person singular form of the verbs motivovat (Czech) and motivovať (Slovak), both meaning to motivate or encourage. The word is part of modern usage in both languages and appears in contexts ranging from education to business and media.

Origin and usage notes: Motivuje and its related forms are generally considered loanwords from the broader concept of motivation, with regular Slavic verb conjugation adapting them to each language’s system. In Czech and Slovak, the form is used to describe an act of providing motivation or incentive to someone. Other persons and numbers are expressed with different endings, e.g., motivuju or motivuješ in Czech and motivujem or motivuješ in Slovak, reflecting each language’s standard conjugation patterns.

Examples: On motivuje své studenty. (He motivates his students.) Firma motivuje zaměstnance různými programy rozvoje. (The company motivates its employees with development programs.) Jeho proslov motivuje posluchače. (His speech motivates the listeners.)

See also: Motivation, Motivational, Verb conjugation in Czech, Verb conjugation in Slovak.