namluvit

Czech

Etymology

From na- +‎ mluvit. Compare Polish namówić or Macedonian намолува (namoluva).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈnamluvɪt]

Verb

namluvit pf (imperfective namlouvat)

  1. to delude somebody (by talking)
    Namluvili jí, že její manžel padl v boji.They made her believe that her husband had died in action.
  2. (reflexive with si) to delude oneself
    Namluvil si, že má rakovinu.He deluded himself into believing that he had contracted cancer.
  3. (reflexive with si) to find, get, win (a boyfriend or girlfriend)
    Už mu bylo devatenáct,když se mu poprvé podařilo namluvit si děvče.He was already nineteen when he for the first time succeeded in winning a girlfriend.
  4. to record (by speaking - on a tape, vinyl etc)
    Pohádky namluvili přední brněnští herci.The fairytales are told by eminent actors from the town of Brno.
  5. to dub (a film)
    Kdo namluvil Johna Cleese?Who dubbed the voice of John Cleese?

Conjugation

Conjugation of namluvit
infinitive namluvit, namluviti active adjective namluvivší


verbal noun namluvení passive adjective namluvený
present forms indicative imperative
singular plural singular plural
1st person namluvím namluvíme namluvme
2nd person namluvíš namluvíte namluv namluvte
3rd person namluví namluví

The verb namluvit does not have present tense and the present forms are used to express future only.

participles past participles passive participles
singular plural singular plural
masculine animate namluvil namluvili namluven namluveni
masculine inanimate namluvily namluveny
feminine namluvila namluvena
neuter namluvilo namluvila namluveno namluvena
transgressives present past
masculine singular namluviv
feminine + neuter singular namluvivši
plural namluvivše

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