Czech
Etymology
From na- + mluvit. Compare Polish namówić or Macedonian намолува (namoluva).
Pronunciation
Verb
namluvit pf (imperfective namlouvat)
- to delude somebody (by talking)
- Namluvili jí, že její manžel padl v boji. ― They made her believe that her husband had died in action.
- (reflexive with si) to delude oneself
- Namluvil si, že má rakovinu. ― He deluded himself into believing that he had contracted cancer.
- (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.
- 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.
- 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
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|
singular |
plural |
singular |
plural
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| 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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Derived terms
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