setkají

Setkají is a Czech verb form that occurs in two related ways: as the 3rd person plural form of the non‑reflexive verb setkat (to meet) and as the 3rd person plural form of the reflexive setkat se (to meet or come together). The reflexive variant is used when the meeting is between the subjects themselves, as in Oni se setkají, meaning they will meet each other or they will get together. Because setkat se is a perfective verb, its present tense is used to express a future event; Oni se setkají zítra means they will meet tomorrow.

The non‑reflexive form setkají is typically used when the verb is transitive and takes a direct object, for example Oni setkají nové kolegy means they will meet new colleagues (often interpreted as meeting them at a planned or expected time). In everyday usage, both forms can appear with surrounding context to indicate the intended meaning of the meeting.

Morphology and related forms:

- Infinitives: setkat; setkat se

- Past tense (plural): setkali se

- Imperfective counterpart: setkávají (they used to meet; they are meeting)

- Key distinction: setkají se expresses mutual meeting (with se); setkají (without se) commonly appears in transitive sentences with a direct object.

Usage context:

- Setkají se is common in scheduling or describing future meetings between people.

- Setkají is used when a direct object is specified, such as meeting new people or meeting someone specific.

Etymology and related terms:

- Setkat (to meet) and setkat se (to meet each other) share a common root with terms like setkání (a meeting) and setkávat se (imperfective counterpart).

See also: setkání, setkávat se.