odpovídají

Odpovídají is a Czech verb form used to express that a group of subjects respond, answer, or correspond. It is the third-person plural present tense form of the imperfective verb odpovídat, which denotes habitual or ongoing actions of answering or replying.

Meaning and usage

The primary sense of odpovídají is “they answer” or “they respond,” as in odpovídají na otázky (they respond to questions) or odpovídají na dopisy (they answer letters). In addition to answering, the verb can mean to correspond or be in agreement with something, for example, údaje odpovídají skutečnosti (the data correspond to the reality). The word can also appear in contexts describing how people or entities fulfill expectations or requirements.

Grammar and construction

Odpovídají follows regular Czech conjugation for the imperfective verb odpovídat. Typical constructions include:

- odpovídají na co/na koho (they respond to something/someone)

- odpovídají za co (they are responsible for something)

- odpovídají (in general, they respond) in declarative statements. The subject is often a plural noun or pronoun, and the verb agrees in number with that subject.

Related forms

The related noun odpovídání means “responding” or “answering.” The related verb forms include odpovídám, odpovídáš, odpovídají, etc., for different persons and numbers. The related perfective counterpart is odpovědět, which expresses completed action of answering or replying, with its own tense forms.

See also

odpovídání; odpovědět; odpovídat.