odpovedáte

Odpovedáte is the second-person plural present tense form of the Slovak verb odpovedať. It means “you answer” or “you are answering” and is used when addressing more than one person or a formal group. The verb is imperfective, describing an ongoing or habitual action.

Conjugation and usage: The present tense forms of odpovedať are ja odpovedám, ty odpovedáš, on/ona/to odpovedá, my odpovedáme, vy odpovedáte, oni odpovedajú. The form odpovedáte typically accompanies a direct object or a clause, for example: Vy odpovedáte na túto otázku. Ako odpovedáte na svoju správu? It can also appear in questions or statements about responses given to questions or statements.

Usage notes: Odpovedať is commonly used in educational, professional, and everyday contexts to describe answering questions, providing replies, or giving explanations. It is suitable for both neutral and formal communication. Phrasals and collocations include odpovedať na otázky (to answer questions), odpovedať stručne (to answer briefly), or odpovedať PR (to respond to something) in broader discourse.

Etymology and related forms: Odpovedať is formed from the verb povedať (to say) with a prefix that yields the meaning “to give an answer.” The noun odpoveď means an answer. Related verbs include odpovedať sa (reflexive use in some contexts) and other forms derived from the same root.

See also: odpoveď, odpovedať.