vykonávali

Vykonávali is a verb form found in Czech and Slovak. It is the past imperfective, third-person plural form of the verb vykonávat (Czech) / vykonávať (Slovak), meaning to perform or to carry out. The related perfective past tense form is vykonali (they performed / they carried out).

Origin and morphology: The form is built from the root konať (to act) with the prefix vy- and the imperfective aspect marker common to both languages. In Czech, the imperfective past tense marks actions that were ongoing, habitual, or repeated in the past; in Slovak, similarly, it expresses non-completed or repeated past actions.

Usage: Vykonávali is typically used in narrative or descriptive sentences to indicate that a group performed certain tasks over a period in the past. It does not specify whether the tasks were finished; for completed instances, the perfective vykonali is used.

Examples:

- In Slovak: V minulosti vykonávali rôzne úlohy pre organizáciu. (In the past, they performed various tasks for the organization.)

- In Czech: V minulosti vykonávali různé úkoly. (In the past, they carried out various tasks.)

Notes: While the two languages are closely related, spelling and pronunciation align with standard Slovak and Czech orthography. The form is used for past actions by a plural subject, and, like other past forms, it agrees with the subject in number and with gender in more specific contexts.