stiháte

Stiháte is the second-person plural present tense form of the Czech verb stíhat, meaning to manage to do something, to have time for something, or to keep up with something. The standard spelling in Czech includes diacritics: stíháte. It is an imperfective verb, used for ongoing, repeated, or general actions, and it contrasts with its perfective counterpart stihnout, which emphasizes a completed action in a future or past sense.

Usage and meaning

Stíhat denotes the ability to handle multiple tasks within a timeframe, to keep pace, or to have enough time to perform a given activity. It is commonly used to ask about capacity or schedule, and to describe ongoing effort or arrangement. The form appears in questions and statements about present capability or habitual behavior.

Examples

- Stíháte ještě odpovědět na ten e-mail? (Are you still able to answer that email?)

- Stíháme to udělat do konce dne. (We can manage to do it by the end of the day.)

- Nemůžu stíhat sledovat všechno. (I can’t keep up with everything.)

Related forms and variations

- Ne-stíhat (nestíhat) expresses inability to keep up or to have time for something.

- The verb has other persons and numbers in the same imperfective aspect: stíhám, stíháš, stíháme, stíháte, stíhají.

- The perfective counterpart stihnout is used for completed actions, with future forms such as stihnu, stihneš, stihne, stihneme, stihnete, stihnou.

Regional and stylistic notes

Stíhat is neutral and widely used in everyday Czech. It often appears in professional or educational contexts where time management or workload is discussed.