zamilují

Zamilují is a Czech verb form that can be understood as the third-person plural present tense of the verb zamilovat (to fall in love) and, when used with the reflexive pronoun se, as zamilovat se, meaning “they fall in love.” The form zamilují themselves appears in both reflexive and non-reflexive contexts, but the common, standard construction for the sense “to fall in love” is zamilují se.

In practice, zamilují se is the everyday form used to describe people falling in love, including when two or more people fall for someone or for each other. The non-reflexive form zamilují exists with a transitive, less frequent meaning such as “they cause someone to fall in love,” but this use is comparatively rare and more literary.

Grammar notes: zamilují is the present tense plural ending for the root zamiluj-, part of the perfective pair with zamilovat se; the reflexive counterpart adds se and is the typical construction for the act of falling in love. Other related forms come from the same verb family, such as zamilovat (someone) or zamilovat se do někoho, meaning to fall in love with someone. The phrase do někoho specifies the person one falls for.

Usage examples:

- Oni se zamilují do nové spolužačky. (They fall in love with the new classmate.)

- V románu se zamilují hlavní hrdinové. (In the novel, the main characters fall in love.)

- Zamilují se rychle, ale jejich vztah vydrží. (They fall in love quickly, and their relationship lasts.)