opravuju

Opravuju is a verb form found in Czech, representing the first-person singular present tense of the verb opravovat, meaning to repair or fix. In standard Czech, the form is spelled opravuju or ideally opravujU? The commonly accepted present-tense first-person form is opravuju, used to say “I repair” or “I am repairing” in ordinary speech. The unrelated string opravuju is often seen as a misspelling or a dialectal variation.

Morphology and conjugation

The verb opravovat is a imperfective verb, related to the noun oprava (repair). Its present tense is built from the stem oprav-, with person-specific endings. In the first person singular, the ending is -uju, yielding opravuju. Other forms include: opravuješ (you repair), opravuje (he/she/it repairs), opravujeme (we repair), opravujete (you all repair), opravují (they repair). The perfective counterpart is opravit, which typically forms a different paradigm.

Usage

Opravuju is used when the speaker is describing a current or ongoing repairing action. It can apply to a broad range of objects, from machines and electronics to infrastructure and everyday items. The verb does not carry a progressive aspect by itself in Czech; context or adverbs can convey ongoing action, such as “právě opravuju počítač” (I am currently repairing the computer).

Etymology

Opravovat derives from root oprav- (repair) with the standard Czech verb-forming suffixes. The noun oprava means repair or correction, and related terms include opravit (to repair, to fix, perfective) and opravár (repairer).

See also

Opravit, oprava, opravár, čeština verb conjugation.