pozvat

Pozvat is a Czech verb meaning to invite someone to attend an event or to participate in an activity. It is used to request another person’s presence or involvement and is commonly combined with the pattern koho na co (whom to what), as in inviting someone to a place or event.

The verb is perfective, typically signaling a completed act of inviting. In everyday speech it is used to refer to a single invitation that is issued or proposed. Present tense forms express future meaning for perfective verbs: pozvu, pozveš, pozve, pozveme, pozvete, pozvou. The past tense agrees with the invited person: pozval, pozvala, pozvalo, pozvali. The infinitive form is pozvat.

Examples show typical usage: Pozval jsem ji na večeři. (I invited her to dinner.) Můžeme vás pozvat na koncert. (We can invite you to the concert.) Chci tě pozvat na kávu. (I want to invite you for coffee.)

Nouns derived from the verb include pozvání (the act of inviting or an invitation in general) and pozvánka (an invitation card). The expression přijmout pozvání or přijmout pozvánku means to accept an invitation. The phrase pozvat koho na co is the standard construction to specify who is invited and to what event.

Etymology generally traces pozvat to a root meaning “to call” with a prefix that marks the action as completed; it is related to related Slavic forms describing the act of summoning or inviting.