nemáme

Nemáme is the first-person plural present tense form of the Czech verb mít (to have) in its negative form, meaning "we do not have" or "we don't have." It is formed by adding the negation particle ne- to the affirmative form máme (we have). In Czech, mít is irregular in the present tense: mám, máš, má, máme, máte, mají. The negative forms follow the same pattern with ne-: nemám, nemáš, nemá, nemáme, nemáte, nemají.

Nemáme is used to express a lack of possession or absence of resources, opportunities, or conditions. It appears in both spoken and written Czech, from everyday statements to formal contexts. Examples include: Nemáme dost peněz. (We don’t have enough money.) Nemáme čas. (We don’t have time.) Nemáme co jíst. (We don’t have anything to eat.)

In negative sentences, nemáme can be followed by nouns or adjectives to specify what is lacking, and it can appear in various syntactic positions, including negated clauses like Nemáme, co říct. The form is purely inflectional: it does not introduce new meaning beyond negation of the present-tense form máme.

Etymology and related forms: mít comes from Proto-Slavic mětь, and is cognate with Polish mieć and Russian иметь. The creation of negative forms uses the standard Czech negation prefix ne- attached to the verb stem, as in nemám, nemáš, nemá, nemáme, nemáte, nemají.

See also: Czech grammar, negation (ne-), conjugation of mít.