stoupáme

Stoupáme is the first-person plural present tense form of the Czech verb stoupat, meaning we are rising or we are climbing. The form is used when the speaker refers to themselves together with others and describes an ongoing or habitual ascent.

Etymology and usage. The verb stoupat denotes movement upward, either physical, such as climbing a hill or stairs, or figurative, such as prices or performance increasing. Stoupáme can appear in descriptive texts, journalism, or speech to convey ongoing ascent by a group, including the speaker.

Conjugation in the present tense. The regular present tense forms of stoupat are:

- já stoupám

- ty stoupeš

- on/ona/to stoupá

- my stoupáme

- vy stoupáte

- oni/ony stoupají

Related noun forms include stoupání (an ascent, rise) and stoupnutí (a moment of rising). The verb is commonly used with directional phrases such as po kopci, do kopce, or figuratively with expressions like ceny stoupají or výkon stoupá.

Examples:

Stoupáme po kopci. (We are climbing up the hill.)

Stoupáme ve vývoji, a proto je potřeba pokračovat v práci. (We are rising in development, and therefore we need to continue the work.)